diff --git a/src/View/Widget/DateTimeWidget.php b/src/View/Widget/DateTimeWidget.php
index 20e61e40..1ff8cb9a 100644
--- a/src/View/Widget/DateTimeWidget.php
+++ b/src/View/Widget/DateTimeWidget.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use Cake\I18n\Time;
 use Cake\View\Form\ContextInterface;
 use DateTimeInterface;
+use DateTimeZone;
 
 class DateTimeWidget extends \Cake\View\Widget\DateTimeWidget
 {
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ public function render(array $data, ContextInterface $context)
         $disabled = isset($data['disabled']) && $data['disabled'] ? 'disabled' : '';
         $role = isset($data['role']) ? $data['role'] : 'datetime-picker';
         $format = null;
-        $locale = I18n::locale();
+        $locale = isset($data['locale']) ? $data['locale'] : I18n::locale();
 
         $timezoneAware = Configure::read('CrudView.timezoneAwareDateTimeWidget');
 
@@ -44,9 +45,11 @@ public function render(array $data, ContextInterface $context)
         }
 
         if ($val) {
-            $timestamp = $val->format('U');
-            $dateTimeZone = new \DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get());
-            $timezoneOffset = ($dateTimeZone->getOffset($val) / 60);
+            if ($timezoneAware) {
+                $timestamp = $val->format('U');
+                $dateTimeZone = new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get());
+                $timezoneOffset = ($dateTimeZone->getOffset($val) / 60);
+            }
             $val = $val->format($type === 'date' ? 'Y-m-d' : 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
         }