fixed issue with dates and times being displayed in UTC

widget_casanatics/announcement_board/views.py

 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from .models import Announcement, Reaction
 from datetime import datetime
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 
 def announcements(request):
@@ -10,8 +11,9 @@ def announcements(request):
     # build response string
     response = "Widget's Announcement Board <br><br>" + "Announcements:"
     for announcement in announcementList:
-        # string formatting for date-time
-        datetime = announcement.pub_datetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p")
+        # timezone conversion and string formatting for date-time
+        localdatetime = timezone.localtime(announcement.pub_datetime)
+        datetime = localdatetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p")
 
         # list of reactions for announcement
         reactions = announcement.reaction_set.all()

widget_casanatics/forum/views.py

 from django.http import HttpResponse
 from .models import ForumPost
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 
 def forum(request):
@@ -10,24 +11,26 @@ def forum(request):
     forum_view = "Widget's Forum <br> <br> Forum Posts:<br>"
     for post in forum:
         post_replies = post.reply_set.all()
+        localdatetime = timezone.localtime(post.pub_datetime)
         forum_view += """
             {} by {} posted {}: <br>
             {} <br>
             """.format(
             post.title,
             post.author,
-            post.pub_datetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p"),
+            localdatetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p"),
             post.body,
         )
 
         for reply in post_replies:
+            localdatetime = timezone.localtime(reply.pub_datetime)
             if reply.forum == post:
                 forum_view += """
                     Reply by {} posted {}: <br>
                     {} <br>
                 """.format(
                     reply.author,
-                    reply.pub_datetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p"),
+                    localdatetime.strftime("%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p"),
                     reply.body,
                 )
         forum_view += "<br>"