diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 269992de8..b536def07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [4.1.3] - unreleased
+
+* Fix the timezone of `datetime` fields when they are read from the database by @GromNaN in [#2739](https://github.com/mongodb/laravel-mongodb/pull/2739)
+
 ## [4.1.2] - 2024-02-22
 
 * Fix support for subqueries using the query builder by @GromNaN in [#2717](https://github.com/mongodb/laravel-mongodb/pull/2717)
diff --git a/src/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Eloquent/Model.php
index 80a29e4fa..dbf7579cd 100644
--- a/src/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Carbon\CarbonInterface;
 use DateTimeInterface;
+use DateTimeZone;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\QueueableCollection;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\QueueableEntity;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@
 use function array_values;
 use function class_basename;
 use function count;
+use function date_default_timezone_get;
 use function explode;
 use function func_get_args;
 use function in_array;
@@ -137,7 +139,8 @@ protected function asDateTime($value)
     {
         // Convert UTCDateTime instances to Carbon.
         if ($value instanceof UTCDateTime) {
-            return Date::instance($value->toDateTime());
+            return Date::instance($value->toDateTime())
+                ->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get()));
         }
 
         return parent::asDateTime($value);
diff --git a/tests/ModelTest.php b/tests/ModelTest.php
index e34e3d6f2..ec1579869 100644
--- a/tests/ModelTest.php
+++ b/tests/ModelTest.php
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 use function abs;
 use function array_keys;
 use function array_merge;
+use function date_default_timezone_set;
 use function get_debug_type;
 use function hex2bin;
 use function sleep;
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@
 use function strlen;
 use function time;
 
+use const DATE_ATOM;
+
 class ModelTest extends TestCase
 {
     public function tearDown(): void
@@ -670,6 +673,33 @@ public function testUnsetDotAttributesAndSet(): void
         $this->assertSame(['note2' => 'DEF', 'note1' => 'ABC'], $user->notes);
     }
 
+    public function testDateUseLocalTimeZone(): void
+    {
+        // The default timezone is reset to UTC before every test in OrchestraTestCase
+        $tz = 'Australia/Sydney';
+        date_default_timezone_set($tz);
+
+        $date = new DateTime('1965/03/02 15:30:10');
+        $user = User::create(['birthday' => $date]);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Carbon::class, $user->birthday);
+        $this->assertEquals($tz, $user->birthday->getTimezone()->getName());
+        $user->save();
+
+        $user = User::find($user->_id);
+        $this->assertEquals($date, $user->birthday);
+        $this->assertEquals($tz, $user->birthday->getTimezone()->getName());
+        $this->assertSame('1965-03-02T15:30:10+10:00', $user->birthday->format(DATE_ATOM));
+
+        $tz = 'America/New_York';
+        date_default_timezone_set($tz);
+        $user = User::find($user->_id);
+        $this->assertEquals($date, $user->birthday);
+        $this->assertEquals($tz, $user->birthday->getTimezone()->getName());
+        $this->assertSame('1965-03-02T00:30:10-05:00', $user->birthday->format(DATE_ATOM));
+
+        date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+    }
+
     public function testDates(): void
     {
         $user = User::create(['name' => 'John Doe', 'birthday' => new DateTime('1965/1/1')]);