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24281	Improve docs for auto_now & auto_now_add and timezone handling	djbug	Chris Luc	"
`auto_now` & `auto_now_add` ignore TIME_ZONE / USE_TZ settings for `DateField`

https://github.com/django/django/blob/1.7/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py#L1146


{{{
    def pre_save(self, model_instance, add):
        if self.auto_now or (self.auto_now_add and add):
            value = datetime.date.today()
            setattr(model_instance, self.attname, value)
            return value
        else:
            return super(DateField, self).pre_save(model_instance, add)

}}}

Instead of `datetime.date.today()`, this should use `timezone.now().date()`. "	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Documentation	dev	Normal	fixed	timezone		Accepted	0	0	0	0	0	0