id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
22699	app registry error when running startproject with a template containing DATE_FORMAT	jarshwah	Aymeric Augustin	"Repro:

{{{
django-admin startproject --template=template/ fail
}}}

Where template/project.py contains:

{{{
{% now ""DATE_FORMAT"" %}
}}}

And the traceback:

{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""/usr/local/bin/django-admin"", line 9, in <module>
    load_entry_point('Django==1.7b4', 'console_scripts', 'django-admin')()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 427, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 419, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 288, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 337, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/startproject.py"", line 31, in handle
    super(Command, self).handle('project', project_name, target, **options)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/templates.py"", line 158, in handle
    content = template.render(context)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/base.py"", line 148, in render
    return self._render(context)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/base.py"", line 142, in _render
    return self.nodelist.render(context)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/base.py"", line 844, in render
    bit = self.render_node(node, context)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/base.py"", line 858, in render_node
    return node.render(context)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/defaulttags.py"", line 393, in render
    return date(datetime.now(tz=tzinfo), self.format_string)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/template/defaultfilters.py"", line 766, in date
    return formats.date_format(value, arg)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/formats.py"", line 126, in date_format
    return dateformat.format(value, get_format(format or 'DATE_FORMAT', use_l10n=use_l10n))
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/dateformat.py"", line 343, in format
    return df.format(format_string)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/dateformat.py"", line 35, in format
    pieces.append(force_text(getattr(self, piece)()))
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/encoding.py"", line 83, in force_text
    s = six.text_type(s)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py"", line 144, in __text_cast
    return func(*self.__args, **self.__kw)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/translation/__init__.py"", line 91, in pgettext
    return _trans.pgettext(context, message)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 322, in pgettext
    result = ugettext(msg_with_ctxt)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 311, in gettext
    return do_translate(message, 'gettext')
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 298, in do_translate
    _default = translation(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 201, in translation
    default_translation = _fetch(settings.LANGUAGE_CODE)
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/translation/trans_real.py"", line 184, in _fetch
    for app_config in reversed(list(apps.get_app_configs())):
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py"", line 125, in get_app_configs
    self.check_ready()
  File ""/usr/local/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/apps/registry.py"", line 119, in check_ready
    raise RuntimeError(""App registry isn't ready yet."")
RuntimeError: App registry isn't ready yet.
}}}

Sample template attached."	Bug	closed	Core (Management commands)	1.7-beta-2	Release blocker	fixed	app-loading management-commands		Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0