diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/date_picker.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/date_picker.js
index b677abe377a..367ab23178d 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/date_picker.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/widgets/date_picker.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var DateWidget = Widget.extend({
 
         this.name = parent.name;
         this.options = _.extend({
+            locale: moment.locale(),
             format : this.type_of_date === 'datetime' ? time.getLangDatetimeFormat() : time.getLangDateFormat(),
             minDate: moment({ y: 1900 }),
             maxDate: moment().add(200, "y"),
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
index cb49e8b5bba..978e6de226f 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/basic_fields_tests.js
@@ -2969,6 +2969,47 @@ QUnit.module('basic_fields', {
         form.destroy();
     });
 
+    QUnit.test('date field support internalization', function (assert) {
+        assert.expect(2);
+
+        var originalLocale = moment.locale();
+        var originalParameters = _.clone(core._t.database.parameters);
+
+        _.extend(core._t.database.parameters, {date_format: '%d. %b %Y', time_format: '%H:%M:%S'});
+        moment.defineLocale('norvegianForTest', {
+            monthsShort: 'jan._feb._mars_april_mai_juni_juli_aug._sep._okt._nov._des.'.split('_'),
+            monthsParseExact: true,
+            dayOfMonthOrdinalParse: /\d{1,2}\./,
+            ordinal: '%d.',
+        });
+
+        var form = createView({
+            View: FormView,
+            model: 'partner',
+            data: this.data,
+            arch:'<form string="Partners"><field name="date"/></form>',
+            res_id: 1,
+        });
+
+        var dateViewForm = form.$('.o_field_date').text();
+        testUtils.dom.click(form.$buttons.find('.o_form_button_edit'));
+        testUtils.openDatepicker(form.$('.o_datepicker'));
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_datepicker_input').val(), dateViewForm,
+            "input date field should be the same as it was in the view form");
+
+        testUtils.dom.click($('.day:contains(30)'));
+        var dateEditForm = form.$('.o_datepicker_input').val()
+        testUtils.dom.click(form.$buttons.find('.o_form_button_save'));
+        assert.strictEqual(form.$('.o_field_date').text(), dateEditForm,
+            "date field should be the same as the one selected in the view form");
+
+        moment.locale(originalLocale);
+        moment.updateLocale('norvegianForTest', null);
+        core._t.database.parameters = originalParameters;
+
+        form.destroy();
+    });
+
     QUnit.module('FieldDatetime');
 
     QUnit.test('datetime field in form view', function (assert) {
diff --git a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js
index 940f5674780..c4281b38c87 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/tests/fields/field_utils_tests.js
@@ -297,7 +297,61 @@ QUnit.test('parse percentage', function(assert) {
 
     core._t.database.parameters = originalParameters;
 
-})
+});
+
+QUnit.test('parse datetime', function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(5);
+
+    var originalParameters = _.clone(core._t.database.parameters);
+    var originalLocale = moment.locale();
+    var dateStr, date1, date2;
+
+    moment.defineLocale('englishForTest', {
+        dayOfMonthOrdinalParse: /\d{1,2}(st|nd|rd|th)/,
+        ordinal: function (number) {
+            var b = number % 10,
+                output = (~~(number % 100 / 10) === 1) ? 'th' :
+                (b === 1) ? 'st' :
+                (b === 2) ? 'nd' :
+                (b === 3) ? 'rd' : 'th';
+            return number + output;
+        },
+    });
+
+    moment.defineLocale('norvegianForTest', {
+        monthsShort: 'jan._feb._mars_april_mai_juni_juli_aug._sep._okt._nov._des.'.split('_'),
+        monthsParseExact: true,
+        dayOfMonthOrdinalParse: /\d{1,2}\./,
+        ordinal: '%d.',
+    });
+
+    moment.locale('englishForTest');
+    _.extend(core._t.database.parameters, {date_format: '%m/%d/%Y', time_format: '%H:%M:%S'});
+    assert.throws(function () {fieldUtils.parse.datetime("13/01/2019 12:00:00", {}, {})}, /is not a correct/, "Wrongly formated dates should be invalids");
+    assert.throws(function () {fieldUtils.parse.datetime("1899-01-01 12:00:00", {}, {})}, /is not a correct/, "Dates before 1900 should be invalids");
+
+    dateStr = '01/13/2019 10:05:45';
+    date1 = fieldUtils.parse.datetime(dateStr);
+    date2 = moment.utc(dateStr, ['MM/DD/YYYY HH:mm:ss'], true);
+    assert.equal(date1.format(), date2.format(), "Date with leading 0");
+
+    dateStr = '1/14/2019 10:5:45';
+    date1 = fieldUtils.parse.datetime(dateStr);
+    date2 = moment.utc(dateStr, ['M/D/YYYY H:m:s'], true);
+    assert.equal(date1.format(), date2.format(), "Date without leading 0");
+
+    moment.locale('norvegianForTest');
+    _.extend(core._t.database.parameters, {date_format: '%d. %b %Y', time_format: '%H:%M:%S'});
+    dateStr = '16. jan. 2019 10:05:45';
+    date1 = fieldUtils.parse.datetime(dateStr);
+    date2 = moment.utc(dateStr, ['DD. MMM YYYY HH:mm:ss'], true);
+    assert.equal(date1.format(), date2.format(), "Day/month inverted + month i18n");
+
+    moment.locale(originalLocale);
+    moment.updateLocale("englishForTest", null);
+    moment.updateLocale("norvegianForTest", null);
+    core._t.database.parameters = originalParameters;
+});
 
 });
 });