diff --git a/django/utils/dateformat.py b/django/utils/dateformat.py
index d87fb13105..81c2d87f91 100644
--- a/django/utils/dateformat.py
+++ b/django/utils/dateformat.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _
 from django.utils.encoding import force_unicode
 from django.utils.timezone import is_aware, is_naive
 
-re_formatchars = re.compile(r'(?<!\\)([aAbBcdDEfFgGhHiIjlLmMnNOPrsStTUuwWyYzZ])')
+re_formatchars = re.compile(r'(?<!\\)([aAbBcdDeEfFgGhHiIjlLmMnNoOPrsStTUuwWyYzZ])')
 re_escaped = re.compile(r'\\(.)')
 
 class Formatter(object):
@@ -144,6 +144,17 @@ class DateFormat(TimeFormat):
         "Day of the week, textual, 3 letters; e.g. 'Fri'"
         return WEEKDAYS_ABBR[self.data.weekday()]
 
+    def e(self):
+        "Timezone name if available"
+        try:
+            if self.data.tzinfo:
+                # Have to use tzinfo.tzname and not datetime.tzname
+                # because datatime.tzname does not expect Unicode
+                return self.data.tzinfo.tzname(self.data) or ""
+        except NotImplementedError:
+            pass
+        return ""
+
     def E(self):
         "Alternative month names as required by some locales. Proprietary extension."
         return MONTHS_ALT[self.data.month]
@@ -187,6 +198,10 @@ class DateFormat(TimeFormat):
         "Month abbreviation in Associated Press style. Proprietary extension."
         return MONTHS_AP[self.data.month]
 
+    def o(self):
+        "ISO 8601 year number matching the ISO week number (W)"
+        return self.data.isocalendar()[0]
+
     def O(self):
         "Difference to Greenwich time in hours; e.g. '+0200', '-0430'"
         seconds = self.Z()
diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
index afee499830..0bc293dcd9 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt
@@ -1276,8 +1276,8 @@ date
 
 Formats a date according to the given format.
 
-Uses the same format as PHP's ``date()`` function (http://php.net/date)
-with some custom extensions.
+Uses a similar format as PHP's ``date()`` function (http://php.net/date)
+with some differences.
 
 Available format strings:
 
@@ -1299,6 +1299,9 @@ c                 ISO 8601 format. (Note: unlike others     ``2008-01-02T10:30:0
 d                 Day of the month, 2 digits with           ``'01'`` to ``'31'``
                   leading zeros.
 D                 Day of the week, textual, 3 letters.      ``'Fri'``
+e                 Timezone name. Could be in any format,
+                  or might return an empty string,          ``''``, ``'GMT'``, ``'-500'``, ``'US/Eastern'``, etc.
+                  depending on the datetime.
 E                 Month, locale specific alternative
                   representation usually used for long
                   date representation.                      ``'listopada'`` (for Polish locale, as opposed to ``'Listopad'``)
@@ -1323,6 +1326,9 @@ M                 Month, textual, 3 letters.                ``'Jan'``
 n                 Month without leading zeros.              ``'1'`` to ``'12'``
 N                 Month abbreviation in Associated Press    ``'Jan.'``, ``'Feb.'``, ``'March'``, ``'May'``
                   style. Proprietary extension.
+o                 ISO-8601 week-numbering year,             ``'1999'``
+                  corresponding to
+                  the ISO-8601 week number (W)
 O                 Difference to Greenwich time in hours.    ``'+0200'``
 P                 Time, in 12-hour hours, minutes and       ``'1 a.m.'``, ``'1:30 p.m.'``, ``'midnight'``, ``'noon'``, ``'12:30 p.m.'``
                   'a.m.'/'p.m.', with minutes left off
diff --git a/tests/regressiontests/templates/filters.py b/tests/regressiontests/templates/filters.py
index 54c12673a2..41f8e43c9e 100644
--- a/tests/regressiontests/templates/filters.py
+++ b/tests/regressiontests/templates/filters.py
@@ -345,6 +345,12 @@ def get_filter_tests():
         'date02': (r'{{ d|date }}', {'d': datetime(2008, 1, 1)}, 'Jan. 1, 2008'),
         #Ticket 9520: Make sure |date doesn't blow up on non-dates
         'date03': (r'{{ d|date:"m" }}', {'d': 'fail_string'}, ''),
+        # ISO date formats
+        'date04': (r'{{ d|date:"o" }}', {'d': datetime(2008, 12, 29)}, '2009'),
+        'date05': (r'{{ d|date:"o" }}', {'d': datetime(2010, 1, 3)}, '2009'),
+        # Timezone name
+        'date06': (r'{{ d|date:"e" }}', {'d': datetime(2009, 3, 12, tzinfo=FixedOffset(30))}, '+0030'),
+        'date07': (r'{{ d|date:"e" }}', {'d': datetime(2009, 3, 12)}, ''),
 
          # Tests for #11687 and #16676
          'add01': (r'{{ i|add:"5" }}', {'i': 2000}, '2005'),