diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/util.py b/django/contrib/admin/util.py
index af8fad3..5511464 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/util.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/util.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ def display_for_field(value, field):
     elif value is None:
         return EMPTY_CHANGELIST_VALUE
     elif isinstance(field, models.DateTimeField):
-        return formats.localize(timezone.aslocaltime(value))
+        return formats.localize(timezone.localtime(value))
     elif isinstance(field, models.DateField) or isinstance(field, models.TimeField):
         return formats.localize(value)
     elif isinstance(field, models.DecimalField):
diff --git a/django/template/base.py b/django/template/base.py
index 572ec61..40a577d 100644
--- a/django/template/base.py
+++ b/django/template/base.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from django.utils.safestring import (SafeData, EscapeData, mark_safe,
 from django.utils.formats import localize
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.module_loading import module_has_submodule
-from django.utils.timezone import aslocaltime
+from django.utils.timezone import localtime
 
 
 TOKEN_TEXT = 0
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ class FilterExpression(object):
                 else:
                     arg_vals.append(arg.resolve(context))
             if getattr(func, 'expects_localtime', False):
-                obj = aslocaltime(obj, context.use_tz)
+                obj = localtime(obj, context.use_tz)
             if getattr(func, 'needs_autoescape', False):
                 new_obj = func(obj, autoescape=context.autoescape, *arg_vals)
             else:
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ def _render_value_in_context(value, context):
     means escaping, if required, and conversion to a unicode object. If value
     is a string, it is expected to have already been translated.
     """
-    value = aslocaltime(value, use_tz=context.use_tz)
+    value = localtime(value, use_tz=context.use_tz)
     value = localize(value, use_l10n=context.use_l10n)
     value = force_unicode(value)
     if ((context.autoescape and not isinstance(value, SafeData)) or
diff --git a/django/template/debug.py b/django/template/debug.py
index d4b973b..74aa82b 100644
--- a/django/template/debug.py
+++ b/django/template/debug.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils.html import escape
 from django.utils.safestring import SafeData, EscapeData
 from django.utils.formats import localize
-from django.utils.timezone import aslocaltime
+from django.utils.timezone import localtime
 
 
 class DebugLexer(Lexer):
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class DebugVariableNode(VariableNode):
     def render(self, context):
         try:
             output = self.filter_expression.resolve(context)
-            output = aslocaltime(output, use_tz=context.use_tz)
+            output = localtime(output, use_tz=context.use_tz)
             output = localize(output, use_l10n=context.use_l10n)
             output = force_unicode(output)
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
diff --git a/django/templatetags/tz.py b/django/templatetags/tz.py
index 14b613e..48c511f 100644
--- a/django/templatetags/tz.py
+++ b/django/templatetags/tz.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from django.utils import timezone
 
 register = Library()
 
+
 # HACK: datetime is an old-style class, create a new-style equivalent
 # so we can define additional attributes.
 class datetimeobject(datetime, object):
@@ -22,23 +23,25 @@ class datetimeobject(datetime, object):
 # Template filters
 
 @register.filter
-def aslocaltime(value):
+def localtime(value):
     """
     Converts a datetime to local time in the active time zone.
 
     This only makes sense within a {% localtime off %} block.
     """
-    return astimezone(value, timezone.get_current_timezone())
+    return do_timezone(value, timezone.get_current_timezone())
+
 
 @register.filter
-def asutc(value):
+def utc(value):
     """
     Converts a datetime to UTC.
     """
-    return astimezone(value, timezone.utc)
+    return do_timezone(value, timezone.utc)
 
-@register.filter
-def astimezone(value, arg):
+
+@register.filter('timezone')
+def do_timezone(value, arg):
     """
     Converts a datetime to local time in a given time zone.
 
@@ -103,6 +106,7 @@ class LocalTimeNode(Node):
         context.use_tz = old_setting
         return output
 
+
 class TimezoneNode(Node):
     """
     Template node class used by ``timezone_tag``.
@@ -116,6 +120,7 @@ class TimezoneNode(Node):
             output = self.nodelist.render(context)
         return output
 
+
 class GetCurrentTimezoneNode(Node):
     """
     Template node class used by ``get_current_timezone_tag``.
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ class GetCurrentTimezoneNode(Node):
         context[self.variable] = timezone.get_current_timezone_name()
         return ''
 
+
 @register.tag('localtime')
 def localtime_tag(parser, token):
     """
@@ -142,13 +148,15 @@ def localtime_tag(parser, token):
     if len(bits) == 1:
         use_tz = True
     elif len(bits) > 2 or bits[1] not in ('on', 'off'):
-        raise TemplateSyntaxError("%r argument should be 'on' or 'off'" % bits[0])
+        raise TemplateSyntaxError("%r argument should be 'on' or 'off'" %
+                                  bits[0])
     else:
         use_tz = bits[1] == 'on'
     nodelist = parser.parse(('endlocaltime',))
     parser.delete_first_token()
     return LocalTimeNode(nodelist, use_tz)
 
+
 @register.tag('timezone')
 def timezone_tag(parser, token):
     """
@@ -167,12 +175,14 @@ def timezone_tag(parser, token):
     """
     bits = token.split_contents()
     if len(bits) != 2:
-        raise TemplateSyntaxError("'%s' takes one argument (timezone)" % bits[0])
+        raise TemplateSyntaxError("'%s' takes one argument (timezone)" %
+                                  bits[0])
     tz = parser.compile_filter(bits[1])
     nodelist = parser.parse(('endtimezone',))
     parser.delete_first_token()
     return TimezoneNode(nodelist, tz)
 
+
 @register.tag("get_current_timezone")
 def get_current_timezone_tag(parser, token):
     """
@@ -187,5 +197,6 @@ def get_current_timezone_tag(parser, token):
     """
     args = token.contents.split()
     if len(args) != 3 or args[1] != 'as':
-        raise TemplateSyntaxError("'get_current_timezone' requires 'as variable' (got %r)" % args)
+        raise TemplateSyntaxError("'get_current_timezone' requires "
+                                  "'as variable' (got %r)" % args)
     return GetCurrentTimezoneNode(args[2])
diff --git a/django/utils/timezone.py b/django/utils/timezone.py
index 22860eb..9e78134 100644
--- a/django/utils/timezone.py
+++ b/django/utils/timezone.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ from django.conf import settings
 __all__ = [
     'utc', 'get_default_timezone', 'get_current_timezone',
     'activate', 'deactivate', 'override',
-    'aslocaltime', 'isnaive',
+    'localtime', 'isnaive',
 ]
 
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class override(object):
 
 # Utilities
 
-def aslocaltime(value, use_tz=None):
+def localtime(value, use_tz=None):
     """
     Checks if value is a datetime and converts it to local time if necessary.
 
diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 0d91f16..a35d99a 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -2108,6 +2108,7 @@ Otherwise, Django will use naive datetimes in local time.
 See also :setting:`TIME_ZONE`, :setting:`USE_I18N` and :setting:`USE_L10N`.
 
 .. note::
+
     The default :file:`settings.py` file created by
     :djadmin:`django-admin.py startproject <startproject>` includes
     ``USE_TZ = True`` for convenience.
diff --git a/docs/ref/utils.txt b/docs/ref/utils.txt
index 9a9adba..2c0110f 100644
--- a/docs/ref/utils.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/utils.txt
@@ -660,7 +660,7 @@ For a complete discussion on the usage of the following see the
     ``None``, the :ref:`current time zone <default-current-time-zone>` is unset
     on entry with :func:`deactivate()` instead.
 
-.. function:: aslocaltime(value, use_tz=None)
+.. function:: localtime(value, use_tz=None)
 
     This function is used by the template engine to convert datetimes to local
     time where appropriate.
diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt
index 41e8380..18d30b9 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt
@@ -330,10 +330,10 @@ These filters accept both aware and naive datetimes. For conversion purposes,
 they assume that naive datetimes are in the default time zone. They always
 return aware datetimes.
 
-.. templatefilter:: aslocaltime
+.. templatefilter:: localtime
 
-aslocaltime
-~~~~~~~~~~~
+localtime
+~~~~~~~~~
 
 Forces conversion of a single value to the current time zone.
 
@@ -341,12 +341,12 @@ For example::
 
     {% load tz %}
 
-    {{ value|aslocaltime }}
+    {{ value|localtime }}
 
-.. templatefilter:: asutc
+.. templatefilter:: utc
 
-asutc
-~~~~~
+utc
+~~~
 
 Forces conversion of a single value to UTC.
 
@@ -354,10 +354,12 @@ For example::
 
     {% load tz %}
 
-    {{ value|asutc }}
+    {{ value|utc }}
 
-astimezone
-~~~~~~~~~~
+.. templatefilter:: timezone
+
+timezone
+~~~~~~~~
 
 Forces conversion of a single value to an arbitrary timezone.
 
@@ -368,7 +370,7 @@ For example::
 
     {% load tz %}
 
-    {{ value|astimezone:"Europe/Paris" }}
+    {{ value|timezone:"Europe/Paris" }}
 
 .. _time-zones-migration-guide:
 
diff --git a/tests/modeltests/timezones/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/timezones/tests.py
index e33d4c6..547680c 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/timezones/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/timezones/tests.py
@@ -537,10 +537,10 @@ class TemplateTests(BaseDateTimeTests):
             'naive': datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 1, 13, 20, 30),
         }
         templates = {
-            'notag': Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|aslocaltime }}|{{ dt|asutc }}|{{ dt|astimezone:ICT }}"),
-            'noarg': Template("{% load tz %}{% localtime %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|aslocaltime }}|{{ dt|asutc }}|{{ dt|astimezone:ICT }}{% endlocaltime %}"),
-            'on':    Template("{% load tz %}{% localtime on %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|aslocaltime }}|{{ dt|asutc }}|{{ dt|astimezone:ICT }}{% endlocaltime %}"),
-            'off':   Template("{% load tz %}{% localtime off %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|aslocaltime }}|{{ dt|asutc }}|{{ dt|astimezone:ICT }}{% endlocaltime %}"),
+            'notag': Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|localtime }}|{{ dt|utc }}|{{ dt|timezone:ICT }}"),
+            'noarg': Template("{% load tz %}{% localtime %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|localtime }}|{{ dt|utc }}|{{ dt|timezone:ICT }}{% endlocaltime %}"),
+            'on':    Template("{% load tz %}{% localtime on %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|localtime }}|{{ dt|utc }}|{{ dt|timezone:ICT }}{% endlocaltime %}"),
+            'off':   Template("{% load tz %}{% localtime off %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|localtime }}|{{ dt|utc }}|{{ dt|timezone:ICT }}{% endlocaltime %}"),
         }
 
         # Transform a list of keys in 'datetimes' to the expected template
@@ -600,10 +600,10 @@ class TemplateTests(BaseDateTimeTests):
     @skipIf(pytz is None, "this test requires pytz")
     def test_localtime_filters_with_pytz(self):
         """
-        Test the |aslocaltime, |asutc, and |astimezone filters with pytz.
+        Test the |localtime, |utc, and |timezone filters with pytz.
         """
         # Use a pytz timezone as local time
-        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|aslocaltime }}|{{ dt|asutc }}")
+        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|localtime }}|{{ dt|utc }}")
         ctx = Context({'dt': datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 1, 12, 20, 30)})
 
         timezone._localtime = None
@@ -612,13 +612,13 @@ class TemplateTests(BaseDateTimeTests):
         timezone._localtime = None
 
         # Use a pytz timezone as argument
-        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|astimezone:tz }}")
+        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|timezone:tz }}")
         ctx = Context({'dt': datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 1, 13, 20, 30),
                        'tz': pytz.timezone('Europe/Paris')})
         self.assertEqual(tpl.render(ctx), "2011-09-01T12:20:30+02:00")
 
         # Use a pytz timezone name as argument
-        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|astimezone:'Europe/Paris' }}")
+        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|timezone:'Europe/Paris' }}")
         ctx = Context({'dt': datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 1, 13, 20, 30),
                        'tz': pytz.timezone('Europe/Paris')})
         self.assertEqual(tpl.render(ctx), "2011-09-01T12:20:30+02:00")
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ class TemplateTests(BaseDateTimeTests):
 
     def test_localtime_filters_do_not_raise_exceptions(self):
         """
-        Test the |aslocaltime, |asutc, and |astimezone filters on bad inputs.
+        Test the |localtime, |utc, and |timezone filters on bad inputs.
         """
-        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|aslocaltime }}|{{ dt|asutc }}|{{ dt|astimezone:tz }}")
+        tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt }}|{{ dt|localtime }}|{{ dt|utc }}|{{ dt|timezone:tz }}")
         with self.settings(USE_TZ=True):
             # bad datetime value
             ctx = Context({'dt': None, 'tz': ICT})
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ class TemplateTests(BaseDateTimeTests):
             ctx = Context({'dt': 'not a date', 'tz': ICT})
             self.assertEqual(tpl.render(ctx), "not a date|||")
             # bad timezone value
-            tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|astimezone:tz }}")
+            tpl = Template("{% load tz %}{{ dt|timezone:tz }}")
             ctx = Context({'dt': datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 1, 13, 20, 30), 'tz': None})
             self.assertEqual(tpl.render(ctx), "")
             ctx = Context({'dt': datetime.datetime(2011, 9, 1, 13, 20, 30), 'tz': 'not a tz'})
