diff --git a/lib/claper_web/live/event_live/event_form_component.html.heex b/lib/claper_web/live/event_live/event_form_component.html.heex
index b6bc61a..5b01249 100644
--- a/lib/claper_web/live/event_live/event_form_component.html.heex
+++ b/lib/claper_web/live/event_live/event_form_component.html.heex
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@
               form={f}
               key={:started_at}
               name={gettext("Start date and time")}
+              locale={@current_user.locale}
               required="true"
             />
             <p class="text-xs text-base-content/60">{gettext("Shown in your local time.")}</p>
diff --git a/lib/claper_web/views/components/input_component.ex b/lib/claper_web/views/components/input_component.ex
index 96d296e..b5c7dc0 100644
--- a/lib/claper_web/views/components/input_component.ex
+++ b/lib/claper_web/views/components/input_component.ex
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ defmodule ClaperWeb.Component.Input do
       |> assign_new(:autofocus, fn -> false end)
       |> assign_new(:placeholder, fn -> false end)
       |> assign_new(:readonly, fn -> false end)
+      |> assign_new(:locale, fn -> Gettext.get_locale(ClaperWeb.Gettext) end)
       |> assign_new(:labelClass, fn -> "text-gray-700" end)
       |> assign_new(:fieldClass, fn -> "bg-white" end)
 
@@ -286,6 +287,7 @@ defmodule ClaperWeb.Component.Input do
             readonly: @readonly,
             autofocus: @autofocus,
             autocomplete: "off",
+            lang: @locale,
             step: 300,
             class:
               "input h-12 w-full bg-white px-4 read-only:opacity-50 #{if Keyword.has_key?(@form.errors, @key), do: "input-error", else: ""}"
diff --git a/test/claper_web/live/event_live_test.exs b/test/claper_web/live/event_live_test.exs
index fa82ccc..628d6ca 100644
--- a/test/claper_web/live/event_live_test.exs
+++ b/test/claper_web/live/event_live_test.exs
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ defmodule ClaperWeb.EventLiveTest do
       assert has_element?(new_live, ~s(button[form="event-form"]), "Create event")
     end
 
+    test "uses the user's locale for the native date picker", %{user: user} do
+      {:ok, %{locale: "fr"} = user} =
+        Claper.Accounts.update_user_preferences(user, %{locale: "fr"})
+
+      conn = build_conn() |> log_in_user(user)
+      {:ok, new_live, _html} = live(conn, ~p"/events/new")
+
+      assert has_element?(new_live, ~s(#date-picker input[type="datetime-local"][lang="fr"]))
+    end
+
     test "adds and removes an unsaved facilitator", %{
       conn: conn,
       presentation_file: presentation_file