diff --git a/layout/default/FormField/Date/default.tpl b/layout/default/FormField/Date/default.tpl
index 470496d0e..fa01f6126 100644
--- a/layout/default/FormField/Date/default.tpl
+++ b/layout/default/FormField/Date/default.tpl
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-{select name="{$name}[year]" optionList=$years placeholder={translate 'Year'} selectedValue=$yy}
-{select name="{$name}[month]" optionList=$months placeholder={translate 'Month'} selectedValue=$mm translate=true translatePrefix='.date.month.'}
-{select name="{$name}[day]" optionList=$days placeholder={translate 'Day'} selectedValue=$dd}
+{select class="year" name="{$name}[year]" optionList=$years placeholder={translate 'Year'} selectedValue=$yy}
+{select class="month" name="{$name}[month]" optionList=$months placeholder={translate 'Month'} selectedValue=$mm translate=true translatePrefix='.date.month.'}
+{select class="day" name="{$name}[day]" optionList=$days placeholder={translate 'Day'} selectedValue=$dd}
diff --git a/library/CM/FormField/Date.php b/library/CM/FormField/Date.php
index ba7234331..bfadafa28 100755
--- a/library/CM/FormField/Date.php
+++ b/library/CM/FormField/Date.php
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public function validate(CM_Frontend_Environment $environment, $userInput) {
         $mm = (int) trim($userInput['month']);
         $yy = (int) trim($userInput['year']);
 
-        return new DateTime($yy . '-' . $mm . '-' . $dd);
+        return new DateTime($yy . '-' . $mm . '-' . $dd, $environment->getTimeZone());
     }
 
     public function prepare(CM_Params $renderParams, CM_Frontend_Environment $environment, CM_Frontend_ViewResponse $viewResponse) {
@@ -33,10 +33,19 @@ public function prepare(CM_Params $renderParams, CM_Frontend_Environment $enviro
         $viewResponse->set('months', array_combine($months, $months));
         $viewResponse->set('days', array_combine($days, $days));
 
+        /** @var DateTime|null $value */
         $value = $this->getValue();
-        $viewResponse->set('yy', $value ? $value->format('Y') : null);
-        $viewResponse->set('mm', $value ? $value->format('n') : null);
-        $viewResponse->set('dd', $value ? $value->format('j') : null);
+        $year = $month = $day = null;
+        if (null !== $value) {
+            $value->setTimezone($environment->getTimeZone());
+            $year = $value->format('Y');
+            $month = $value->format('n');
+            $day = $value->format('j');
+        }
+
+        $viewResponse->set('yy', $year);
+        $viewResponse->set('mm', $month);
+        $viewResponse->set('dd', $day);
     }
 
     public function isEmpty($userInput) {
diff --git a/tests/library/CM/FormField/DateTest.php b/tests/library/CM/FormField/DateTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29fb76733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/library/CM/FormField/DateTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?php
+
+class CM_FormField_DateTest extends CMTest_TestCase {
+
+    public function testRenderWithEnvironmentTimezone() {
+        $field = new CM_FormField_Date(['name' => 'foo']);
+        $field->setValue(new DateTime('2015-03-02 01:00:00', new DateTimeZone('UTC')));
+
+        $environment = new CM_Frontend_Environment(null, null, null, new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'));
+        $render = new CM_Frontend_Render($environment);
+        $doc = $this->_renderFormField($field, null, $render);
+
+        $this->assertSame('selected', $doc->find('select.year option[value="2015"]')->getAttribute('selected'));
+        $this->assertSame('selected', $doc->find('select.month option[value="3"]')->getAttribute('selected'));
+        $this->assertSame('selected', $doc->find('select.day option[value="1"]')->getAttribute('selected'));
+    }
+
+    public function testValidateWithEnvironmentTimezone() {
+        $formField = new CM_FormField_Date();
+
+        $environment = new CM_Frontend_Environment(null, null, null, new DateTimeZone('Asia/Tokyo'));
+        $value = $formField->validate($environment, ['year' => 2015, 'month' => 03, 'day' => 02]);
+        $this->assertEquals(new DateTime('2015-03-02 00:00:00', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Tokyo')), $value);
+    }
+}