diff --git a/settings.py.sample b/settings.py.sample
index f730b4163927160ae5922e27f6d8cb2535a8e4a4..234ea784a315105f867496acf3d46383a607ad51 100644
--- a/settings.py.sample
+++ b/settings.py.sample
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Set to empty string for default. Not used with
 # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
 # If running in a Windows environment this must be set to the same as your
 # system time zone.
-TIME_ZONE = 'America/San_Francisco'
+TIME_ZONE = 'America/Los_Angeles'
 
 # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
 # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
 )
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
-    'django.contrib.auth',
+#    'django.contrib.auth',
     'django.contrib.contenttypes',
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.sites',