Django defaultfilters.date not timezone aware

Question

Im trying to create a definition for django admin list_display, but the date filter is not timezone aware. If I just have the updated_date field in list_display, the time is correct.

def get_edited_by(self):
    return u"%s %s - %s" % (self.edited_by.first_name, self.edited_by.last_name,
           defaultfilters.date(self.updated_date, 'SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT'))

The output is: Bob Bobson - 26.02.2014 18:27 (one hour off)

The output from just the updated_date is: 26. februar 2014 19:27 (correct)

Anyone know how to make defaultfilters.date timezone aware?

Edit:

My settings:

TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Oslo'
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True

Edit2:

pytz==2013.9 Django==1.6.2

Edit 3:

Tried this

from django.utils.dateformat import DateFormat
def get_edited_by(self):
    return u"%s %s - %s" % (self.edited_by.first_name, self.edited_by.last_name, DateFormat.format(self.updated_date, "SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT"))

But I get this error: unbound method format() must be called with DateFormat instance as first argument (got datetime instance instead)

Edit 4:

from django.utils import date format
def get_edited_by(self):
    return u"%s %s - %s" % (self.edited_by.first_name, self.edited_by.last_name, dateformat.format(self.updated_date, 'SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT'))

Gives this output: Bob Bobsen - th23+0100RCET_onsPMCETFebruarCET0FebFebruar_februar+0100RFebPMCET

Is [`USE_TZ`](https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#use-tz) set? — Kevin Christopher Henry, Feb 26 '14 at 19:27
What happens if you *disable* timezone support? I know that's counter-intuitive, but I had tons of troubles with it myself with one of my projects, and not using it turned out to be the answer — yuvi, Feb 26 '14 at 20:36
If I set `USE_TZ = False` it seems to work. But is that the correct way of doing it? — Tomas Jacobsen, Feb 26 '14 at 20:57
For further debugging, use a format string that shows the time zone. I'm assuming that the wrong output is in UTC while the right one is Europe/Oslo. This might have something to do with using a filter in a non-template context. Try using `django.utils.dateformat.format(value, format_string)` instead. — Kevin Christopher Henry, Feb 26 '14 at 21:08
@KevinChristopherHenry: Tried it, but I got an error. Question updated. — Tomas Jacobsen, Feb 26 '14 at 22:36
It looks like `format_string` is expected to be an actual [format string](http://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#strftime-and-strptime-behavior). If you want to use the format name as above, try `django.utils.formats.date_format(value, format)`. — Kevin Christopher Henry, Feb 26 '14 at 22:49
`django.utils.formats.date_format(value, format)` display the string correct, but one hour off. — Tomas Jacobsen, Feb 27 '14 at 11:09
Same error, `USE_TZ = False` as @Garreth00 wrote does not work for me. — Timo, Mar 07 '18 at 07:32

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