Opened 8 hours ago

Closed 2 hours ago

Last modified 2 hours ago

#36811 closed Uncategorized (duplicate)

Admin timezone warning shows incorrect plural form and confusing message

Reported by: Raufu Abdulrahman Owned by:
Component: Uncategorized Version: 6.0
Severity: Normal Keywords:
Cc: Nilesh Pahari Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: yes Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

The Django admin displays two issues with timezone offset warnings:

  1. Incorrect plural: Shows "1 hours behind" instead of "1 hour behind"
  2. Confusing message: "You are X hours behind server time" doesn't explain that times are displayed correctly in the user's local timezone

Steps to reproduce:

  1. Set TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' in settings.py
  2. View admin with browser in UTC+1 timezone (e.g., Lagos)
  3. Add/edit any model with DateTimeField
  4. Observe warning message

Expected:

  • "1 hour behind" (singular, not "1 hours")
  • Clear indication of which timezone is being displayed

Actual:

  • "Note: You are 1 hours behind server time."

Component: contrib.admin
Type: Bug
Version: main

Change History (5)

comment:1 by Nilesh Pahari, 8 hours ago

Cc: Nilesh Pahari added

comment:2 by Nilesh Pahari, 8 hours ago

Component: Uncategorized → contrib.admin

comment:3 by Raufu Abdulrahman, 8 hours ago

Component: contrib.admin → Uncategorized
Has patch: set

comment:5 by Antoliny, 2 hours ago

Resolution: → duplicate
Status: new → closed

Raufu :) Thank you for reporting the issue and for taking the time to contribute to django .
You’re right that the current timezone warning message is awkward, but it looks like this issue already exists.
duplicate #35951

Last edited 2 hours ago by Antoliny (previous) (diff)
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