diff --git a/django/views/generic/date_based.py b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
index acef71a7ff..75094aa775 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/date_based.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/date_based.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ObjectDoesNotExist
 from django.core.xheaders import populate_xheaders
 from django.db.models.fields import DateTimeField
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponse
+from django.utils import timezone
 
 import warnings
 warnings.warn(
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ def archive_index(request, queryset, date_field, num_latest=15,
     if extra_context is None: extra_context = {}
     model = queryset.model
     if not allow_future:
-        queryset = queryset.filter(**{'%s__lte' % date_field: datetime.datetime.now()})
+        queryset = queryset.filter(**{'%s__lte' % date_field: timezone.now()})
     date_list = queryset.dates(date_field, 'year')[::-1]
     if not date_list and not allow_empty:
         raise Http404("No %s available" % model._meta.verbose_name)
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ def archive_year(request, year, queryset, date_field, template_name=None,
     """
     if extra_context is None: extra_context = {}
     model = queryset.model
-    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    now = timezone.now()
 
     lookup_kwargs = {'%s__year' % date_field: year}
 
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ def archive_month(request, year, month, queryset, date_field,
         raise Http404
 
     model = queryset.model
-    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    now = timezone.now()
 
     # Calculate first and last day of month, for use in a date-range lookup.
     first_day = date.replace(day=1)
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ def archive_week(request, year, week, queryset, date_field,
         raise Http404
 
     model = queryset.model
-    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    now = timezone.now()
 
     # Calculate first and last day of week, for use in a date-range lookup.
     first_day = date
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ def archive_day(request, year, month, day, queryset, date_field,
         raise Http404
 
     model = queryset.model
-    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    now = timezone.now()
 
     if isinstance(model._meta.get_field(date_field), DateTimeField):
         lookup_kwargs = {'%s__range' % date_field: (datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time.min), datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time.max))}
@@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ def object_detail(request, year, month, day, queryset, date_field,
         raise Http404
 
     model = queryset.model
-    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    now = timezone.now()
 
     if isinstance(model._meta.get_field(date_field), DateTimeField):
         lookup_kwargs = {'%s__range' % date_field: (datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time.min), datetime.datetime.combine(date, datetime.time.max))}
diff --git a/django/views/generic/dates.py b/django/views/generic/dates.py
index a8391d956e..5f5f9591e9 100644
--- a/django/views/generic/dates.py
+++ b/django/views/generic/dates.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 from django.http import Http404
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
+from django.utils import timezone
 from django.views.generic.base import View
 from django.views.generic.detail import BaseDetailView, SingleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
 from django.views.generic.list import MultipleObjectMixin, MultipleObjectTemplateResponseMixin
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ class BaseDateListView(MultipleObjectMixin, DateMixin, View):
         allow_empty = self.get_allow_empty()
 
         if not allow_future:
-            qs = qs.filter(**{'%s__lte' % date_field: datetime.datetime.now()})
+            qs = qs.filter(**{'%s__lte' % date_field: timezone.now()})
 
         if not allow_empty and not qs:
             raise Http404(_(u"No %(verbose_name_plural)s available") % {