diff --git a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
index b89321ebe44..9a64f2cf4fe 100644
--- a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ public function convertDate($date = null, $timezone = null)
         if (ctype_digit($asString) || ('' !== $asString && '-' === $asString[0] && ctype_digit(substr($asString, 1)))) {
             $date = new \DateTime('@'.$date);
         } else {
-            $date = new \DateTime($date);
+            $date = new \DateTime($date, false !== $timezone ? $timezone : $this->getTimezone());
         }
 
         if (false !== $timezone) {
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/filters/date.test b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date.test
index 16816aa9948..33e28e6cefc 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/filters/date.test
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date.test
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ January 28, 2010 15:00
 January 28, 2010 15:00
 
 January 28, 2010 15:00
-January 28, 2010 22:00
+January 28, 2010 15:00
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_relative_timezone.test b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_relative_timezone.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d1bb91e99a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_relative_timezone.test
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--TEST--
+"date" filter with relative dates and timezone
+--TEMPLATE--
+{{ "today"|date('e', 'Australia/Sydney') }}
+{{ "today"|date('e', 'Europe/Paris') }}
+{{ "today"|date('e', 'UTC') }}
+--DATA--
+date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+return []
+--EXPECT--
+Australia/Sydney
+Europe/Paris
+UTC
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test
index 3ba042b709b..3088fe3b0f1 100644
--- a/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ October 4, 2010 11:45
 04/10/2010 07:45:00
 04/10/2010 11:45:00
 
-October 4, 2010 11:45
+October 4, 2010 13:45
 04/10/2010
 
 October 4, 2010 13:45
@@ -88,4 +88,4 @@ January 28, 2010 15:00
 January 28, 2010 15:00
 
 January 28, 2010 15:00
-January 28, 2010 22:00
+January 28, 2010 15:00