--- a/babel/messages/catalog.py
+++ b/babel/messages/catalog.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 from babel import __version__ as VERSION
 from babel.core import Locale
 from babel.messages.plurals import PLURALS
-from babel.util import odict, LOCAL, UTC
+from babel.util import odict, LOCALTZ, UTC
 
 __all__ = ['Message', 'Catalog']
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@
         self.charset = charset or 'utf-8'
 
         if creation_date is None:
-            creation_date = datetime.now(LOCAL)
+            creation_date = datetime.now(LOCALTZ)
         elif isinstance(creation_date, datetime) and not creation_date.tzinfo:
-            creation_date = creation_date.replace(tzinfo=LOCAL)
+            creation_date = creation_date.replace(tzinfo=LOCALTZ)
         self.creation_date = creation_date #: creation date of the template
         if revision_date is None:
-            revision_date = datetime.now(LOCAL)
+            revision_date = datetime.now(LOCALTZ)
         elif isinstance(revision_date, datetime) and not revision_date.tzinfo:
-            revision_date = revision_date.replace(tzinfo=LOCAL)
+            revision_date = revision_date.replace(tzinfo=LOCALTZ)
         self.revision_date = revision_date #: last revision date of the catalog
 
     def headers(self):

--- a/babel/messages/pofile.py
+++ b/babel/messages/pofile.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 from babel import __version__ as VERSION
 from babel.messages.catalog import Catalog
-from babel.util import LOCAL
+from babel.util import LOCALTZ
 
 __all__ = ['escape', 'normalize', 'read_po', 'write_po', 'write_pot']
 
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
     inlines = input_fileobj.readlines()
     outlines = []
     in_header = True
-    _date = datetime.now(LOCAL)
+    _date = datetime.now(LOCALTZ)
     for index in range(len(inlines)):
         if in_header:
             if '# Translations template' in inlines[index]:                

--- a/babel/util.py
+++ b/babel/util.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 import re
 import time
 
-__all__ = ['pathmatch', 'relpath', 'UTC', 'LOCAL']
+__all__ = ['pathmatch', 'relpath', 'UTC', 'LOCALTZ']
 __docformat__ = 'restructuredtext en'
 
 def pathmatch(pattern, filename):
@@ -204,4 +204,8 @@
         tt = time.localtime(stamp)
         return tt.tm_isdst > 0
 
-LOCAL = LocalTimezone()
+LOCALTZ = LocalTimezone()
+"""`tzinfo` object for local time-zone.
+
+:type: `tzinfo`
+"""