diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/context_processors.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/context_processors.py
index 0eb5e5eb3c..dcd50fc6cc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/context_processors.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/context_processors.py
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ class AuthContextProcessorTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(user, response.context['user'])
 
 AuthContextProcessorTests = override_settings(
-    TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
+    TEMPLATE_DIRS=(
             os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'templates'),
-        )
+        ),
+    USE_TZ=False,                           # required for loading the fixture
 )(AuthContextProcessorTests)
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py
index 2bacc8e611..e4c8bf2586 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/forms.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 from __future__ import with_statement
 import os
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.contrib.auth.forms import (UserCreationForm, AuthenticationForm,
+    PasswordChangeForm, SetPasswordForm, UserChangeForm, PasswordResetForm)
 from django.core import mail
 from django.forms.fields import Field, EmailField
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
-from django.contrib.auth.forms import UserCreationForm, AuthenticationForm,  PasswordChangeForm, SetPasswordForm, UserChangeForm, PasswordResetForm
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils import translation
 
@@ -74,6 +76,8 @@ class UserCreationFormTest(TestCase):
         u = form.save()
         self.assertEqual(repr(u), '<User: jsmith@example.com>')
 
+UserCreationFormTest = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(UserCreationFormTest)
+
 
 class AuthenticationFormTest(TestCase):
 
@@ -125,6 +129,8 @@ class AuthenticationFormTest(TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
         self.assertEqual(form.non_field_errors(), [])
 
+AuthenticationFormTest = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(AuthenticationFormTest)
+
 
 class SetPasswordFormTest(TestCase):
 
@@ -151,6 +157,8 @@ class SetPasswordFormTest(TestCase):
         form = SetPasswordForm(user, data)
         self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
 
+SetPasswordFormTest = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(SetPasswordFormTest)
+
 
 class PasswordChangeFormTest(TestCase):
 
@@ -198,6 +206,8 @@ class PasswordChangeFormTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(PasswordChangeForm(user, {}).fields.keys(),
                          ['old_password', 'new_password1', 'new_password2'])
 
+PasswordChangeFormTest = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(PasswordChangeFormTest)
+
 
 class UserChangeFormTest(TestCase):
 
@@ -226,6 +236,8 @@ class UserChangeFormTest(TestCase):
         # Just check we can create it
         form = MyUserForm({})
 
+UserChangeFormTest = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(UserChangeFormTest)
+
 
 class PasswordResetFormTest(TestCase):
 
@@ -304,3 +316,5 @@ class PasswordResetFormTest(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(form.is_valid())
         self.assertEqual(form["email"].errors,
                          [u"The user account associated with this e-mail address cannot reset the password."])
+
+PasswordResetFormTest = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(PasswordResetFormTest)
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/models.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/models.py
index 25121966a0..243a39533d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/models.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/models.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.test import TestCase
-from django.contrib.auth.models import (Group, User,
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
+svn from django.contrib.auth.models import (Group, User,
     SiteProfileNotAvailable, UserManager)
 
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ class ProfileTestCase(TestCase):
         settings.AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'foo.bar'
         self.assertRaises(SiteProfileNotAvailable, user.get_profile)
 
+ProfileTestCase = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(ProfileTestCase)
+
 
 class NaturalKeysTestCase(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['authtestdata.json']
@@ -50,6 +53,8 @@ class NaturalKeysTestCase(TestCase):
         users_group = Group.objects.create(name='users')
         self.assertEquals(Group.objects.get_by_natural_key('users'), users_group)
 
+NaturalKeysTestCase = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(NaturalKeysTestCase)
+
 
 class LoadDataWithoutNaturalKeysTestCase(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['regular.json']
@@ -59,6 +64,8 @@ class LoadDataWithoutNaturalKeysTestCase(TestCase):
         group = Group.objects.get(name='my_group')
         self.assertEquals(group, user.groups.get())
 
+LoadDataWithoutNaturalKeysTestCase = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(LoadDataWithoutNaturalKeysTestCase)
+
 
 class LoadDataWithNaturalKeysTestCase(TestCase):
     fixtures = ['natural.json']
@@ -68,6 +75,8 @@ class LoadDataWithNaturalKeysTestCase(TestCase):
         group = Group.objects.get(name='my_group')
         self.assertEquals(group, user.groups.get())
 
+LoadDataWithNaturalKeysTestCase = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(LoadDataWithNaturalKeysTestCase)
+
 
 class UserManagerTestCase(TestCase):
 
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/signals.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/signals.py
index 3806021dcc..fc308c582d 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/signals.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/signals.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
 from django.contrib.auth import signals
 
 
@@ -45,3 +46,5 @@ class SignalTestCase(TestCase):
         self.client.get('/logout/next_page/')
         self.assertEqual(len(self.logged_out), 1)
         self.assertEqual(self.logged_out[0].username, 'testclient')
+
+SignalTestCase = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(SignalTestCase)
diff --git a/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py b/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
index 1975266f4f..72440864da 100644
--- a/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
+++ b/django/contrib/auth/tests/views.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test.utils import override_settings
 
 from django.contrib.auth import SESSION_KEY, REDIRECT_FIELD_NAME
 from django.contrib.auth.forms import (AuthenticationForm, PasswordChangeForm,
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ class AuthViewsTestCase(TestCase):
     def assertContainsEscaped(self, response, text, **kwargs):
         return self.assertContains(response, escape(force_unicode(text)), **kwargs)
 
+AuthViewsTestCase = override_settings(USE_TZ=False)(AuthViewsTestCase)
+
 
 class AuthViewNamedURLTests(AuthViewsTestCase):
     urls = 'django.contrib.auth.urls'