django 1.4 timezones not stored in UTC in db - why?
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My settings file has USE_TZ = True  and TIME_ZONE = 'GMT'.  I have middleware that checks the user's timezone and sets that as the current timezone, which is working correctly.  However, when I get a datetime field from a form, and store it in the DB, the stored time is US/Eastern instead of UTC.  For example, if I have a user whose timezone is US/Central, and they fill out a form with a datetime field in it and select 8:00 AM, it is stored as 9:00 AM in the database.  It should be stored as 13:00 (1 PM) in the database, since the offset from US/Central to UTC is 5 hours right now, given daylight savings time.  Instead, it's only offset 1 hour, which suggests US/Eastern.

Any help is greatly appreciated.