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AssertionError: database connection isn't set to UTC

I have done server setup multiple times with the same settings but this time, I am seeing the error message. It is not even allowing to migrate the database.

System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
Exception in thread django-main-thread:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 954, in _bootstrap_inner
    self.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python3.9/threading.py", line 892, in run
    self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/utils/autoreload.py", line 53, in wrapper
    fn(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 120, in inner_run
    self.check_migrations()
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 458, in check_migrations
    executor = MigrationExecutor(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS])
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", line 18, in __init__
    self.loader = MigrationLoader(self.connection)
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 49, in __init__
    self.build_graph()
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/migrations/loader.py", line 212, in build_graph
    self.applied_migrations = recorder.applied_migrations()
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/migrations/recorder.py", line 77, in applied_migrations
    return {(migration.app, migration.name): migration for migration in self.migration_qs}
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 276, in __iter__
    self._fetch_all()
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 1261, in _fetch_all
    self._result_cache = list(self._iterable_class(self))
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/query.py", line 57, in __iter__
    results = compiler.execute_sql(chunked_fetch=self.chunked_fetch, chunk_size=self.chunk_size)
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1170, in execute_sql
    return list(result)
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1569, in cursor_iter
    for rows in iter((lambda: cursor.fetchmany(itersize)), sentinel):
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/models/sql/compiler.py", line 1569, in <lambda>
    for rows in iter((lambda: cursor.fetchmany(itersize)), sentinel):
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 97, in inner
    return func(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/home/datanal/datanal-samply/venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql/utils.py", line 6, in utc_tzinfo_factory
    raise AssertionError("database connection isn't set to UTC")
AssertionError: database connection isn't set to UTC

Here is my settings.py for timezone.

LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'

TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

USE_I18N = True

USE_L10N = True

USE_TZ = True

OS: Ubuntu 21.04 Python Version : 3.9.5 Django Version: 3.0 PostgreSQL: 13.3

I have also gone through another question but did not find any solution. Is there anyone who can help me to get this done? I have multiple server setup with same code without changing anything and worked but this time it is not.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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A recent update to psycopg2 version 2.9 is causing this issue, as explained in this GitHub issue:

https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2/issues/1293#issuecomment-862835147

Psycopg 2.9 changed the value passed to tzinfo_factory from int to timedelta. Django 2.2 (possibly newer but I'm on 2.2) has a scroll control == 0 and since timedelta(0) != 0 it fires.

A current solution would be to downgrade psycopg2 (or psycopg2-binary if you're using the standalone package) below 2.9 (for example psycopg2>=2.8,<2.9 ) in your requirements file.

For example, you can switch to 2.8.6 using:

 pip install psycopg2==2.8.6

either

 pip install psycopg2-binary==2.8.6

If you are using poetry, you can poetry add psycopg2@2.8.6 to correct your version to 2.8.6 .

psycopg2 version history

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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I had the same problem and fixed it by simply removing this line from my settings.py file

 USE_TZ = True
over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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I solved this by upgrading Django instead of downgrading psycopg. I don't know which version solves the issue exactly, but 3.2 certainly does.

The accepted answer is out of date now and you should decide against downgrading if you have the option to upgrade Django instead.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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