diff --git a/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py b/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py
index e149c1271f3..e647dfcf122 100644
--- a/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py
+++ b/addons/mail/models/mail_template.py
@@ -204,6 +204,12 @@ class MailTemplate(models.Model):
                 values = results[res_id]
                 if values.get('body_html'):
                     values['body'] = tools.html_sanitize(values['body_html'])
+                # if asked in fields to return, parse generated date into tz agnostic UTC as expected by ORM
+                scheduled_date = values.pop('scheduled_date', None)
+                if 'scheduled_date' in fields and scheduled_date:
+                    parsed_datetime = self.env['mail.mail']._parse_scheduled_datetime(scheduled_date)
+                    values['scheduled_date'] = parsed_datetime.replace(tzinfo=None) if parsed_datetime else False
+
                 # technical settings
                 values.update(
                     mail_server_id=template.mail_server_id.id or False,
diff --git a/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template.py b/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template.py
index d9614c7b7f1..1518222fe3f 100644
--- a/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template.py
+++ b/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template.py
@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 # Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
 
 import base64
+import datetime
+
+from freezegun import freeze_time
 
 from odoo.addons.test_mail.tests.common import TestMailCommon, TestRecipients
-from odoo.tests import tagged
+from odoo.tests import tagged, users
 from odoo.tools import mute_logger
 
 
 @tagged('mail_template', 'multi_lang')
-class TestMailTemplate(TestMailCommon, TestRecipients):
+class TestMailTemplateCommon(TestMailCommon, TestRecipients):
 
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
-        super(TestMailTemplate, cls).setUpClass()
+        super(TestMailTemplateCommon, cls).setUpClass()
         cls.test_record = cls.env['mail.test.lang'].with_context(cls._test_context).create({
             'email_from': 'ignasse@example.com',
             'name': 'Test',
@@ -61,6 +64,36 @@ class TestMailTemplate(TestMailCommon, TestRecipients):
         # Force the attachments of the template to be in the natural order.
         cls.test_template.invalidate_recordset(['attachment_ids'])
 
+
+@tagged('mail_template', 'multi_lang')
+class TestMailTemplate(TestMailTemplateCommon):
+
+    @mute_logger('odoo.addons.mail.models.mail_mail')
+    @users('employee')
+    def test_template_schedule_email(self):
+        """ Test scheduling email sending from template. """
+        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        test_template = self.test_template.with_env(self.env)
+
+        # schedule the mail in 3 days
+        test_template.scheduled_date = '{{datetime.datetime.now() + datetime.timedelta(days=3)}}'
+        with freeze_time(now):
+            mail_id = test_template.send_mail(self.test_record.id)
+        mail = self.env['mail.mail'].sudo().browse(mail_id)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            mail.scheduled_date.replace(second=0, microsecond=0),
+            (now + datetime.timedelta(days=3)).replace(second=0, microsecond=0),
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(mail.state, 'outgoing')
+
+        # check a wrong format
+        test_template.scheduled_date = '{{"test " * 5}}'
+        with freeze_time(now):
+            mail_id = test_template.send_mail(self.test_record.id)
+        mail = self.env['mail.mail'].sudo().browse(mail_id)
+        self.assertFalse(mail.scheduled_date)
+        self.assertEqual(mail.state, 'outgoing')
+
     @mute_logger('odoo.addons.mail.models.mail_mail')
     def test_template_send_email(self):
         mail_id = self.test_template.send_mail(self.test_record.id)
diff --git a/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template_preview.py b/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template_preview.py
index 87becbaaeb1..2442e46a473 100644
--- a/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template_preview.py
+++ b/addons/test_mail/tests/test_mail_template_preview.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # Part of Odoo. See LICENSE file for full copyright and licensing details.
 
-from odoo.addons.test_mail.tests.test_mail_template import TestMailTemplate
+from odoo.addons.test_mail.tests.test_mail_template import TestMailTemplateCommon
 from odoo.tests import tagged
 
 
-@tagged('mail_template')
-class TestMailTemplateTools(TestMailTemplate):
+@tagged('mail_template', 'multi_lang')
+class TestMailTemplateTools(TestMailTemplateCommon):
 
     def test_mail_template_preview_force_lang(self):
         test_record = self.env['mail.test.lang'].browse(self.test_record.ids)