diff --git a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
index b83a0fed1..ee5f3a0da 100644
--- a/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
+++ b/src/Extension/CoreExtension.php
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ final class CoreExtension extends AbstractExtension
         if (ctype_digit($asString) || ('' !== $asString && '-' === $asString[0] && ctype_digit(substr($asString, 1)))) {
             $date = new \DateTime('@'.$date);
         } else {
-            $date = new \DateTime($date, $this->getTimezone());
+            $date = new \DateTime($date);
         }
 
         if (false !== $timezone) {
diff --git a/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ba042b70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Fixtures/filters/date_time_zone_conversion.test
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+--TEST--
+"date" filter with time zone conversion
+--TEMPLATE--
+{{ date1|date }}
+{{ date1|date('d/m/Y') }}
+{{ date1|date('d/m/Y H:i:s', 'Asia/Hong_Kong') }}
+{{ date1|date('d/m/Y H:i:s P', 'Asia/Hong_Kong') }}
+{{ date1|date('d/m/Y H:i:s P', 'America/Chicago') }}
+{{ date1|date('e') }}
+{{ date1|date('d/m/Y H:i:s') }}
+
+{{ date2|date }}
+{{ date2|date('d/m/Y') }}
+{{ date2|date('d/m/Y H:i:s', 'Asia/Hong_Kong') }}
+{{ date2|date('d/m/Y H:i:s', timezone1) }}
+{{ date2|date('d/m/Y H:i:s') }}
+
+{{ date3|date }}
+{{ date3|date('d/m/Y') }}
+
+{{ date4|date }}
+{{ date4|date('d/m/Y') }}
+
+{{ date5|date }}
+{{ date5|date('d/m/Y') }}
+
+{{ date6|date('d/m/Y H:i:s P', 'Europe/Paris') }}
+{{ date6|date('d/m/Y H:i:s P', 'Asia/Hong_Kong') }}
+{{ date6|date('d/m/Y H:i:s P', false) }}
+{{ date6|date('e', 'Europe/Paris') }}
+{{ date6|date('e', false) }}
+
+{{ date7|date }}
+{{ date7|date(timezone='Europe/Paris') }}
+{{ date7|date(timezone='Asia/Hong_Kong') }}
+{{ date7|date(timezone=false) }}
+{{ date7|date(timezone='Indian/Mauritius') }}
+
+{{ '2010-01-28 15:00:00'|date(timezone="Europe/Paris") }}
+{{ '2010-01-28 15:00:00'|date(timezone="Asia/Hong_Kong") }}
+--DATA--
+date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Paris');
+$twig->getExtension(\Twig\Extension\CoreExtension::class)->setTimezone('UTC');
+return [
+    'date1' => mktime(13, 45, 0, 10, 4, 2010),
+    'date2' => new \DateTime('2010-10-04 13:45'),
+    'date3' => '2010-10-04 13:45',
+    'date4' => 1286199900, // \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i', '2010-10-04 13:45', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'))->getTimestamp() -- A unixtimestamp is always GMT
+    'date5' => -189291360, // \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i', '1964-01-02 03:04', new \DateTimeZone('UTC'))->getTimestamp(),
+    'date6' => new \DateTime('2010-10-04 13:45', new \DateTimeZone('America/New_York')),
+    'date7' => '2010-01-28T15:00:00+04:00',
+    'timezone1' => new \DateTimeZone('America/New_York'),
+]
+--EXPECT--
+October 4, 2010 11:45
+04/10/2010
+04/10/2010 19:45:00
+04/10/2010 19:45:00 +08:00
+04/10/2010 06:45:00 -05:00
+UTC
+04/10/2010 11:45:00
+
+October 4, 2010 11:45
+04/10/2010
+04/10/2010 19:45:00
+04/10/2010 07:45:00
+04/10/2010 11:45:00
+
+October 4, 2010 11:45
+04/10/2010
+
+October 4, 2010 13:45
+04/10/2010
+
+January 2, 1964 03:04
+02/01/1964
+
+04/10/2010 19:45:00 +02:00
+05/10/2010 01:45:00 +08:00
+04/10/2010 13:45:00 -04:00
+Europe/Paris
+America/New_York
+
+January 28, 2010 11:00
+January 28, 2010 12:00
+January 28, 2010 19:00
+January 28, 2010 15:00
+January 28, 2010 15:00
+
+January 28, 2010 15:00
+January 28, 2010 22:00