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26711	Aware datetimes rendered through templates are changed to TIME_ZONE	Antonis Christofides	nobody	"Start a new project with {{{django-admin startproject}}}, then start a shell with {{{./manage.py shell}}} and execute these commands:

{{{
from datetime import datetime
import sys

from django.template import Context, Template

import pytz

# Set adatetime to 2015-10-03 02:00 EEST (+0300)
athens = pytz.timezone('Europe/Athens')
adatetime = athens.localize(datetime(2015, 10, 3, 2, 0))

# Render that date in a template
template = Template(
    'Take note of this date: {{ adatetime|date:""Y-m-d H:i e (O)"" }}')
result = template.render(Context({'adatetime': adatetime}))
sys.stdout.write(result)
}}}

**Result:** `2015-10-02 23:00 UTC (+0000)`

**Expected:** `2015-10-03 02:00 EEST (+0300)`

These are actually the same time displayed in different time zones. Django chooses to display the time in the `TIME_ZONE` setting. I thought it would be more logical to leave an aware datetime untouched.

If this behavior is correct: How am I going to do what I want, which is to render the aware datetime in its own time zone?"	Bug	new	Template system	1.9	Normal				Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0