diff --git a/frappe/utils/data.py b/frappe/utils/data.py
index c24b9f186e..c60e64b015 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/data.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/data.py
@@ -154,14 +154,22 @@ def get_time_zone():
 
 	return frappe.cache().get_value("time_zone", _get_time_zone)
 
-def convert_utc_to_user_timezone(utc_timestamp):
+def convert_utc_to_timezone(utc_timestamp, time_zone):
 	from pytz import timezone, UnknownTimeZoneError
 	utcnow = timezone('UTC').localize(utc_timestamp)
 	try:
-		return utcnow.astimezone(timezone(get_time_zone()))
+		return utcnow.astimezone(timezone(time_zone))
 	except UnknownTimeZoneError:
 		return utcnow
 
+def get_datetime_in_timezone(time_zone):
+	utc_timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcnow()
+	return convert_utc_to_timezone(utc_timestamp, time_zone)
+
+def convert_utc_to_user_timezone(utc_timestamp):
+	time_zone = get_time_zone()
+	return convert_utc_to_timezone(utc_timestamp, time_zone)
+
 def now():
 	"""return current datetime as yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss"""
 	if frappe.flags.current_date:
diff --git a/frappe/utils/safe_exec.py b/frappe/utils/safe_exec.py
index 2aacf5eda8..06a192c05e 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/safe_exec.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/safe_exec.py
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ VALID_UTILS = (
 "get_last_day_of_week",
 "get_last_day",
 "get_time",
+"get_datetime_in_timezone",
 "get_datetime_str",
 "get_date_str",
 "get_time_str",