diff --git a/src/.eslintrc.json b/src/.eslintrc.json
index e053a4dfb972..6cfa489bf0d0 100644
--- a/src/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/src/.eslintrc.json
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     "toJsonReplacer": false,
     "toJson": false,
     "fromJson": false,
+    "addDateMinutes": false,
     "convertTimezoneToLocal": false,
     "timezoneToOffset": false,
     "startingTag": false,
diff --git a/src/Angular.js b/src/Angular.js
index 7eda3a028b6b..38c564f62df5 100644
--- a/src/Angular.js
+++ b/src/Angular.js
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
   fromJson,
   convertTimezoneToLocal,
   timezoneToOffset,
+  addDateMinutes,
   startingTag,
   tryDecodeURIComponent,
   parseKeyValue,
diff --git a/src/ng/directive/input.js b/src/ng/directive/input.js
index 5d9bf66fa468..93119d305d42 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/input.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/input.js
@@ -1468,20 +1468,17 @@ function createDateInputType(type, regexp, parseDate, format) {
   return function dynamicDateInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser, $filter) {
     badInputChecker(scope, element, attr, ctrl, type);
     baseInputType(scope, element, attr, ctrl, $sniffer, $browser);
-    var timezone = ctrl && ctrl.$options.getOption('timezone');
     var previousDate;
+    var previousTimezone;
 
     ctrl.$parsers.push(function(value) {
       if (ctrl.$isEmpty(value)) return null;
+
       if (regexp.test(value)) {
         // Note: We cannot read ctrl.$modelValue, as there might be a different
         // parser/formatter in the processing chain so that the model
         // contains some different data format!
-        var parsedDate = parseDate(value, previousDate);
-        if (timezone) {
-          parsedDate = convertTimezoneToLocal(parsedDate, timezone);
-        }
-        return parsedDate;
+        return parseDateAndConvertTimeZoneToLocal(value, previousDate);
       }
       ctrl.$$parserName = type;
       return undefined;
@@ -1493,12 +1490,15 @@ function createDateInputType(type, regexp, parseDate, format) {
       }
       if (isValidDate(value)) {
         previousDate = value;
-        if (previousDate && timezone) {
+        var timezone = ctrl.$options.getOption('timezone');
+        if (timezone) {
+          previousTimezone = timezone;
           previousDate = convertTimezoneToLocal(previousDate, timezone, true);
         }
         return $filter('date')(value, format, timezone);
       } else {
         previousDate = null;
+        previousTimezone = null;
         return '';
       }
     });
@@ -1531,7 +1531,24 @@ function createDateInputType(type, regexp, parseDate, format) {
     }
 
     function parseObservedDateValue(val) {
-      return isDefined(val) && !isDate(val) ? parseDate(val) || undefined : val;
+      return isDefined(val) && !isDate(val) ? parseDateAndConvertTimeZoneToLocal(val) || undefined : val;
+    }
+
+    function parseDateAndConvertTimeZoneToLocal(value, previousDate) {
+      var timezone = ctrl.$options.getOption('timezone');
+
+      if (previousTimezone && previousTimezone !== timezone) {
+        // If the timezone has changed, adjust the previousDate to the default timezone
+        // so that the new date is converted with the correct timezone offset
+        previousDate = addDateMinutes(previousDate, timezoneToOffset(previousTimezone));
+      }
+
+      var parsedDate = parseDate(value, previousDate);
+
+      if (!isNaN(parsedDate) && timezone) {
+        parsedDate = convertTimezoneToLocal(parsedDate, timezone);
+      }
+      return parsedDate;
     }
   };
 }
diff --git a/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js b/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js
index 02a328ff3748..62408d2ea84a 100644
--- a/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js
+++ b/src/ng/directive/ngModelOptions.js
@@ -462,6 +462,8 @@ defaultModelOptions = new ModelOptions({
  *     continental US time zone abbreviations, but for general use, use a time zone offset, for
  *     example, `'+0430'` (4 hours, 30 minutes east of the Greenwich meridian)
  *     If not specified, the timezone of the browser will be used.
+ *     Note that changing the timezone will have no effect on the current date, and is only applied after
+ *     the next input / model change.
  *
  */
 var ngModelOptionsDirective = function() {
diff --git a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
index 8c86b44ceada..658ce6adf955 100644
--- a/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/directive/inputSpec.js
@@ -718,6 +718,21 @@ describe('input', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('should be possible to override the timezone', function() {
+      var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="month" ng-model="value" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\'}" />');
+
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2013-07');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2013, 6, 1));
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: '-0500'});
+
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 6, 1));
+      });
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('2013-06');
+    });
+
+
     they('should use any timezone if specified in the options (format: $prop)',
       {'+HHmm': '+0500', '+HH:mm': '+05:00'},
       function(tz) {
@@ -866,6 +881,23 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
         expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
       });
+
+      it('should validate when timezone is provided.', function() {
+        inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="month" ng-model="value" name="alias" ' +
+            'max="{{ maxVal }}" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\', allowInvalid: true}"/>');
+        $rootScope.maxVal = '2013-01';
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+
+        $rootScope.value = '';
+        helper.changeInputValueTo('2013-01');
+        expect(inputElm).toBeValid();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+      });
     });
   });
 
@@ -987,6 +1019,30 @@ describe('input', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('should be possible to override the timezone', function() {
+      var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="week" ng-model="value" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\'}" />');
+
+      // January 19 2013 is a Saturday
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 0, 19));
+      });
+
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('2013-W03');
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: '+2400'});
+
+      // To check that the timezone overwrite works, apply an offset of +24 hours.
+      // Since January 19 is a Saturday, +24 will turn the formatted Date into January 20 - Sunday -
+      // which is in calendar week 4 instead of 3.
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 0, 19));
+      });
+
+      // Verifying that the displayed week is week 4 confirms that overriding the timezone worked
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('2013-W04');
+    });
+
+
     they('should use any timezone if specified in the options (format: $prop)',
       {'+HHmm': '+0500', '+HH:mm': '+05:00'},
       function(tz) {
@@ -1099,6 +1155,25 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
         expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
       });
+
+      it('should validate when timezone is provided.', function() {
+        inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="week" ng-model="value" name="alias" ' +
+            'max="{{ maxVal }}" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'-2400\', allowInvalid: true}"/>');
+        // The calendar week comparison date is January 17. Setting the timezone to -2400
+        // makes the January 18 date value valid.
+        $rootScope.maxVal = '2013-W03';
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 0, 18));
+        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+
+        $rootScope.value = '';
+        helper.changeInputValueTo('2013-W03');
+        expect(inputElm).toBeValid();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+      });
     });
   });
 
@@ -1193,6 +1268,25 @@ describe('input', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('should be possible to override the timezone', function() {
+      var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="datetime-local" ng-model="value" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\'}" />');
+
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2000-01-01T01:02');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0));
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: '+0500'});
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2001, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0));
+      });
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('2001-01-01T06:02:00.000');
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: 'UTC'});
+
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2000-01-01T01:02');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1, 1, 2, 0));
+    });
+
+
     they('should use any timezone if specified in the options (format: $prop)',
       {'+HHmm': '+0500', '+HH:mm': '+05:00'},
       function(tz) {
@@ -1368,6 +1462,23 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
         expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
       });
+
+      it('should validate when timezone is provided.', function() {
+        inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="datetime-local" ng-model="value" name="alias" ' +
+            'max="{{ maxVal }}" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\', allowInvalid: true}"/>');
+        $rootScope.maxVal = '2013-01-01T00:00:00';
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+
+        $rootScope.value = '';
+        helper.changeInputValueTo('2013-01-01T00:00:00');
+        expect(inputElm).toBeValid();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+      });
     });
 
 
@@ -1538,6 +1649,25 @@ describe('input', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('should be possible to override the timezone', function() {
+      var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="time" ng-model="value" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\'}" />');
+
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('23:02:00');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(1970, 0, 1, 23, 2, 0));
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: '-0500'});
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(1971, 0, 1, 23, 2, 0));
+      });
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('18:02:00.000');
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: 'UTC'});
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('23:02:00');
+      // The year is still set from the previous date
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(1971, 0, 1, 23, 2, 0));
+    });
+
+
     they('should use any timezone if specified in the options (format: $prop)',
       {'+HHmm': '+0500', '+HH:mm': '+05:00'},
       function(tz) {
@@ -1686,6 +1816,23 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
         expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
       });
+
+      it('should validate when timezone is provided.', function() {
+        inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="time" ng-model="value" name="alias" ' +
+            'max="{{ maxVal }}" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\', allowInvalid: true}"/>');
+        $rootScope.maxVal = '22:30:00';
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(1970, 0, 1, 22, 30, 0));
+        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+
+        $rootScope.value = '';
+        helper.changeInputValueTo('22:30:00');
+        expect(inputElm).toBeValid();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+      });
     });
 
 
@@ -1850,6 +1997,24 @@ describe('input', function() {
     });
 
 
+    it('should be possible to override the timezone', function() {
+      var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="date" ng-model="value" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\'}" />');
+
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2000-01-01');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1));
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: '-0500'});
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2001, 0, 1));
+      });
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('2000-12-31');
+
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: 'UTC'});
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2000-01-01');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1, 0));
+    });
+
+
     they('should use any timezone if specified in the options (format: $prop)',
       {'+HHmm': '+0500', '+HH:mm': '+05:00'},
       function(tz) {
@@ -1935,6 +2100,34 @@ describe('input', function() {
       dealoc(formElm);
     });
 
+    it('should not reuse the hours part of a previous date object after changing the timezone', function() {
+      var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="date" ng-model="value" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\'}" />');
+
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2000-01-01');
+      // The Date parser sets the hours part of the Date to 0 (00:00) (UTC)
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1, 0));
+
+      // Change the timezone offset so that the display date is a day earlier
+      // This does not change the model, but our implementation
+      // internally caches a Date object with this offset
+      // and re-uses it if part of the Date changes.
+      // See https://github.com/angular/angular.js/commit/1a1ef62903c8fdf4ceb81277d966a8eff67f0a96
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: '-0500'});
+      $rootScope.$apply(function() {
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1, 0));
+      });
+      expect(inputElm.val()).toBe('1999-12-31');
+
+      // At this point, the cached Date has its hours set to to 19 (00:00 - 05:00 = 19:00)
+      inputElm.controller('ngModel').$overrideModelOptions({timezone: 'UTC'});
+
+      // When changing the timezone back to UTC, the hours part of the Date should be set to
+      // the default 0 (UTC) and not use the modified value of the cached Date object.
+      helper.changeInputValueTo('2000-01-01');
+      expect(+$rootScope.value).toBe(Date.UTC(2000, 0, 1, 0));
+    });
+
+
     describe('min', function() {
 
       it('should invalidate', function() {
@@ -2031,6 +2224,24 @@ describe('input', function() {
 
         expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
       });
+
+      it('should validate when timezone is provided.', function() {
+        var inputElm = helper.compileInput('<input type="date" ng-model="value" name="alias" ' +
+            'max="{{ maxVal }}" ng-model-options="{timezone: \'UTC\', allowInvalid: true}"/>');
+
+        $rootScope.maxVal = '2013-12-01';
+        $rootScope.value = new Date(Date.UTC(2013, 11, 1, 0, 0, 0));
+        $rootScope.$digest();
+
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+
+        $rootScope.value = '';
+        helper.changeInputValueTo('2013-12-01');
+        expect(inputElm).toBeValid();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$error.max).toBeFalsy();
+        expect($rootScope.form.alias.$valid).toBeTruthy();
+      });
     });