# Source code for django_celery_results.utils

    """Utilities."""
    # -- XXX This module must not use translation as that causes
    # -- a recursive loader import!

    from django.conf import settings
    from django.utils import timezone

    # see Issue celery/django-celery#222
    now_localtime = getattr(timezone, 'template_localtime', timezone.localtime)

    def now():
        """Return the current date and time."""
        if getattr(settings, 'USE_TZ', False):
            return now_localtime(timezone.now())
        else:
            return timezone.now()