Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

Last modified 8 years ago

#12666 closed (fixed)

Setting for sending email using localtime instead of UTC — at Version 2

Reported by: net147 Owned by: nobody
Component: Core (Mail) Version: 1.1
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: mmitar@… Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: yes
Easy pickings: yes UI/UX: no

Description (last modified by Ramiro Morales)

I would like to be able to send emails using local time in the Date header instead of UTC by default.

Changes needed (based on Django 1.1.1):

  • django/conf/global_settings.py:
    • Add "EMAIL_USE_LOCALTIME = False" (won't sent using local time by default unless you explicitly enable it)
  • django/core/mail.py:
    • Change "msg['Date'] = formatdate()" to "msg['Date'] = formatdate(localtime=settings.EMAIL_USE_LOCALTIME)"

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Russell Keith-Magee, 15 years ago

Resolution: wontfix
Status: newclosed

Is there a particularly compelling reason to send mail with headers in local time, rather than against UTC?

Marking wontfix because I'm not aware of any particular advantage. If you can provide any evidence that it's the right/best practice thing to do, this shouldn't be configurable - it should be turned on by default.

comment:2 by Ramiro Morales, 15 years ago

Description: modified (diff)

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