diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_inputs.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_inputs.js
index 29db17df252..6c88d82a5d5 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_inputs.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/chrome/search_inputs.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ var core = require('web.core');
 var Domain = require('web.Domain');
 var field_utils = require('web.field_utils');
 var pyeval = require('web.pyeval');
+var session = require('web.session');
 var time = require('web.time');
 var utils = require('web.utils');
 var Widget = require('web.Widget');
@@ -346,18 +347,25 @@ var DateField = Field.extend(/** @lends instance.web.search.DateField# */{
     complete: function (needle) {
         // Make sure the needle has a correct format before the creation of the moment object. See
         // issue https://github.com/moment/moment/issues/1407
-        var parseFormatOptions = {timezone: true};
         var t, v;
         try {
             t = (this.attrs && this.attrs.type === 'datetime') ? 'datetime' : 'date';
-            v = field_utils.parse[t](needle, {type: t}, parseFormatOptions);
+            v = field_utils.parse[t](needle, {type: t}, {timezone: true});
         } catch (e) {
             return $.when(null);
         }
 
         var m = moment(v, t === 'datetime' ? 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss' : 'YYYY-MM-DD');
+
+        if (t === 'date') {
+            // at this point, m is SOMEDAY at midnight BUT
+            // Constructed from a "v" object that was forced in utc
+            // So we need to apply timezone correction here
+            m = m.clone().add(-session.getTZOffset(m), 'minutes');
+        }
+
         if (!m.isValid()) { return $.when(null); }
-        var date_string = field_utils.format[t](m, {type: t}, parseFormatOptions);
+        var date_string = field_utils.format[t](m, {type: t});
         var label = _.str.sprintf(_.str.escapeHTML(
             _t("Search %(field)s at: %(value)s")), {
                 field: '<em>' + _.escape(this.attrs.string) + '</em>',
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
index 7da03b023b8..5a11f1b0ba8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/fields/field_utils.js
@@ -109,11 +109,10 @@ function formatDate(value, field, options) {
     if (value === false) {
         return "";
     }
-    var fieldType = field && field.type;
-    if (fieldType === 'datetime' &&
-            (!options || !('timezone' in options)) ||
-        options && options.timezone) {
+    if (field && field.type === 'datetime') {
+        if (!options || !('timezone' in options) || options.timezone) {
             value = value.clone().add(session.getTZOffset(value), 'minutes');
+        }
     }
     var date_format = time.getLangDateFormat();
     return value.format(date_format);
@@ -373,9 +372,6 @@ function parseDate(value, field, options) {
         date = moment.utc(value);
     } else {
         date = moment.utc(value, [datePattern, datePatternWoZero, moment.ISO_8601], true);
-        if (options && options.timezone) {
-            date.add(-session.getTZOffset(date), 'minutes');
-        }
     }
     if (date.isValid()) {
         if (date.year() === 0) {