diff --git a/conservancy/settings/base.py b/conservancy/settings/base.py
index 5f2edf1a..d4eb2cf9 100644
--- a/conservancy/settings/base.py
+++ b/conservancy/settings/base.py
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ TEMPLATES = [
 # Internationalization
 TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York'
 LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
+USE_TZ = False
 
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR.parent / 'collected_static'