updated the CHANGELOG and documentation for previous merge

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 * 1.7.0-DEV
 
+ * added a way to set the default global timezone for dates
  * fixed the slice filter on strings when the length is not specified
  * fixed the creation of the cache directory in case of a race condition
 

doc/filters/date.rst

@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 .. versionadded:: 1.5
     The default date format support has been added in Twig 1.5.
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.7
+    The default timezone support has been added in Twig 1.7.
+
 The ``date`` filter formats a date to a given format:
 
 .. code-block:: jinja
@@ -34,15 +37,22 @@ You can also specify a timezone:
     {{ post.published_at|date("m/d/Y", "Europe/Paris") }}
 
 If no format is provided, Twig will use the default one: ``F j, Y H:i``. This
-default can be easily changed by calling the `setDateFormat()` method on the
-`core` extension instance. The first argument is the default format for dates
-and the second one is the default format for date intervals:
+default can be easily changed by calling the ``setDateFormat()`` method on the
+``core`` extension instance. The first argument is the default format for
+dates and the second one is the default format for date intervals:
 
 .. code-block:: php
 
     $twig = new Twig_Environment($loader);
     $twig->getExtension('core')->setDateFormat('d/m/Y', '%d days');
 
+The default timezone can also be set globally by calling ``setTimezone()``:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+    $twig = new Twig_Environment($loader);
+    $twig->getExtension('core')->setTimezone('Europe/Paris');
+
 .. _`date`:         http://www.php.net/date
 .. _`DateTime`:     http://www.php.net/DateTime
 .. _`DateInterval`: http://www.php.net/DateInterval

doc/functions/date.rst

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 .. versionadded:: 1.6
     The date function has been added in Twig 1.6.
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.7
+    The default timezone support has been added in Twig 1.7.
+
 Converts an argument to a date to allow date comparison:
 
 .. code-block:: jinja
@@ -30,4 +33,14 @@ If no argument is passed, the function returns the current date:
         {# always! #}
     {% endif %}
 
+.. note::
+
+    You can set the default timezone globally by calling ``setTimezone()`` on
+    the ``core`` extension instance:
+
+    .. code-block:: php
+
+        $twig = new Twig_Environment($loader);
+        $twig->getExtension('core')->setTimezone('Europe/Paris');
+
 .. _`date`: http://www.php.net/date