def METHOD_NAME(dt):
    if not isinstance(dt, datetime.datetime):
        dt = date_to_datetime(dt)
    if not is_aware(dt):
        # we don't want to use get_current_timezone() because
        # settings.TIME_ZONE may be set something different than
        # UTC in the future
        return make_aware(dt, timezone=pytz.UTC)
    return dt