Show current server time in navbar. Refs #545, #1206

by default Kiwi TCMS is configured for UTC time and this is confusing some users. All timestamps are displayed according to configured timezone.
kiwitcms · Nov 25, 2019 · 710de1e · 710de1e
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diff --git a/tcms/core/context_processors.py b/tcms/core/context_processors.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 
 def request_contents_processor(request):
@@ -14,3 +15,7 @@ def settings_processor(_request):
     Django settings RequestContext Handler
     """
     return {'SETTINGS': settings}
+
+
+def server_time_processor(_request):
+    return {'SERVER_TIME': timezone.now() }
diff --git a/tcms/settings/common.py b/tcms/settings/common.py
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
 
                 'tcms.core.context_processors.request_contents_processor',
                 'tcms.core.context_processors.settings_processor',
+                'tcms.core.context_processors.server_time_processor',
             ],
             'loaders': [
                 'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',

diff --git a/tcms/templates/navbar.html b/tcms/templates/navbar.html
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {% load i18n %}
 {% load static %}
+{% load tz %}
 
     <!-- PatternFly Horizontal Nav -->
     <nav class="navbar navbar-default navbar-pf" role="navigation">
@@ -97,6 +98,15 @@
                         <li><a target="_parent" href="https://kiwitcms.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contribution.html#translation">{% trans "Translation guide" %}</a></li>
                     </ul>
                 </li>
+
+                <li style="float:right">
+                    <a>
+                        <span class="fa fa-clock-o">
+                            {% get_current_timezone as TIME_ZONE %}
+                            {{ SERVER_TIME }} {{ TIME_ZONE }}
+                        </span>
+                    </a>
+                </li>
             </ul>
 
             <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-primary">