Fixed #21452 -- Non-autocommit connections to PostgreSQL.

When settings.DATABASES['default']['AUTOCOMMIT'] = False, the connection
wasn't in autocommit mode but Django pretended it was.

Thanks Anssi for analysing this issue.

Refs #17062.

django/db/backends/postgresql_psycopg2/base.py

@@ -148,11 +148,11 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
                 conn_tz = get_parameter_status('TimeZone')
 
             if conn_tz != tz:
-                # Set the time zone in autocommit mode (see #17062)
-                self.set_autocommit(True)
                 self.connection.cursor().execute(
                     self.ops.set_time_zone_sql(), [tz]
                 )
+                # Commit after setting the time zone (see #17062)
+                self.connection.commit()
         self.connection.set_isolation_level(self.isolation_level)
 
     def create_cursor(self):

tests/backends/tests.py

@@ -373,10 +373,25 @@ class PostgresNewConnectionTests(TestCase):
             tz = cursor.fetchone()[0]
             self.assertEqual(new_tz, tz)
         finally:
-            try:
-                new_connection.close()
-            except DatabaseError:
-                pass
+            new_connection.close()
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(
+        connection.vendor == 'postgresql',
+        "This test applies only to PostgreSQL")
+    def test_connect_non_autocommit(self):
+        """
+        The connection wrapper shouldn't believe that autocommit is enabled
+        after setting the time zone when AUTOCOMMIT is False (#21452).
+        """
+        databases = copy.deepcopy(settings.DATABASES)
+        new_connections = ConnectionHandler(databases)
+        new_connection = new_connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS]
+        try:
+            new_connection.settings_dict['AUTOCOMMIT'] = False
+            cursor = new_connection.cursor()
+            self.assertFalse(new_connection.get_autocommit())
+        finally:
+            new_connection.close()
 
 
 # This test needs to run outside of a transaction, otherwise closing the