display datetime as per user timezone

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diff --git a/yaksh/middleware/user_time_zone.py b/yaksh/middleware/user_time_zone.py
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+import pytz
+
+from django.utils import timezone
+from yaksh.models import Profile
+
+class TimezoneMiddleware(object):
+    """ Middleware to get user's timezone and activate timezone 
+        if user timezone is not available default value 'UTC' is activated """
+    def process_request(self, request):
+        user = request.user
+        if hasattr(user, 'profile'):
+       	    user_tz = user.profile.timezone
+            timezone.activate(pytz.timezone(user_tz))
+        else:
+            timezone.activate(pytz.timezone('UTC'))