def convert(self, value):
        if value is None:
            return None

        if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
            match = DATETIME_REGEX.search(value)

            if match:
                data = match.groupdict()
                return make_aware(
                    datetime_safe.datetime(
                        int(data["year"]),
                        int(data["month"]),
                        int(data["day"]),
                        int(data["hour"]),
                        int(data["minute"]),
                        int(data["second"]),
                    )
                )
            else:
                raise ApiFieldError(
                    "Datetime provided to '%s' field doesn't appear to be a valid datetime string: '%s'"
                    % (self.instance_name, value)
                )

        return value

    def hydrate(self, bundle):
        value = super(DateTimeField, self).hydrate(bundle)
        if value and not hasattr(value, 'year'):
            try:
                # Try to rip a date/datetime out of it.
                value = make_aware(parse(value))
            except ValueError:
                pass

        return value

    def convert(self, value):
        if value is None:
            return None

        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            match = DATETIME_REGEX.search(value)

            if match:
                data = match.groupdict()
                return make_aware(datetime_safe.datetime(int(data['year']), int(data['month']), int(data['day']), int(data['hour']), int(data['minute']), int(data['second'])))
            else:
                raise ApiFieldError("Datetime provided to '%s' field doesn't appear to be a valid datetime string: '%s'" % (self.instance_name, value))

        return value

    def convert(self, value):
        if value is None:
            return None

        if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
            try:
                year, month, day = value[:10].split('-')
                hour, minute, second = value[11:19].split(':')

                return make_aware(datetime_safe.datetime(int(year), int(month), int(day), int(hour), int(minute), int(second)))
            except ValueError:
                raise ApiFieldError("Datetime provided to '%s' field doesn't appear to be a valid datetime string: '%s'" % (self.instance_name, value))

        return value

    def hydrate(self, bundle):
        value = super(DateTimeField, self).hydrate(bundle)

        if value and not hasattr(value, 'year'):
            if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
                try:
                    # Try to rip a date/datetime out of it.
                    value = make_aware(parse(value))
                except (ValueError, TypeError):
                    raise ApiFieldError("Datetime provided to '%s' field doesn't appear to be a valid datetime string: '%s'" % (self.instance_name, value))

            else:
                raise ApiFieldError("Datetime provided to '%s' field must be a string: %s" % (self.instance_name, value))

        return value

    def convert(self, value):
        if value is None:
            return None

        if isinstance(value, basestring):
            match = DATETIME_REGEX.search(value)

            if match:
                data = match.groupdict()
                return make_aware(datetime_safe.datetime(int(data['year']), int(data['month']), int(data['day']), int(data['hour']), int(data['minute']), int(data['second'])))
            else:
                raise ApiFieldError("Datetime provided to '%s' field doesn't appear to be a valid datetime string: '%s'" % (self.instance_name, value))

        if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
            if DATABASE_IS_MYSQL:
                # MySQL does not store fractions of seconds; create a new datetime with microseconds set to 0
                return datetime.datetime(year=value.year, month=value.month, day=value.day, hour=value.hour, minute=value.minute, second=value.second, tzinfo=value.tzinfo)

        return value