diff --git a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/sensors/date_time.py b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/sensors/date_time.py
index d04f524cbabc8..b1c5b5da2976d 100644
--- a/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/sensors/date_time.py
+++ b/providers/standard/src/airflow/providers/standard/sensors/date_time.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 from airflow.providers.standard.triggers.temporal import DateTimeTrigger
 from airflow.providers.standard.version_compat import AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
 from airflow.sensors.base import BaseSensorOperator
+from airflow.utils import timezone
 
 try:
     from airflow.triggers.base import StartTriggerArgs
@@ -41,8 +42,6 @@ class StartTriggerArgs:  # type: ignore[no-redef]
         timeout: datetime.timedelta | None = None
 
 
-from airflow.utils import timezone
-
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     try:
         from airflow.sdk.definitions.context import Context
@@ -99,6 +98,13 @@ def poke(self, context: Context) -> bool:
         self.log.info("Checking if the time (%s) has come", self.target_time)
         return timezone.utcnow() > timezone.parse(self.target_time)
 
+    @property
+    def _moment(self) -> datetime.datetime:
+        if isinstance(self.target_time, datetime.datetime):
+            return self.target_time
+
+        return timezone.parse(self.target_time)
+
 
 class DateTimeSensorAsync(DateTimeSensor):
     """
@@ -145,11 +151,11 @@ def execute(self, context: Context) -> NoReturn:
         self.defer(
             method_name="execute_complete",
             trigger=DateTimeTrigger(
-                moment=timezone.parse(self.target_time),
+                moment=self._moment,
                 end_from_trigger=self.end_from_trigger,
             )
             if AIRFLOW_V_3_0_PLUS
-            else DateTimeTrigger(moment=timezone.parse(self.target_time)),
+            else DateTimeTrigger(moment=self._moment),
         )
 
     def execute_complete(self, context: Context, event: Any = None) -> None:
diff --git a/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/sensors/test_date_time.py b/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/sensors/test_date_time.py
index c51b5316206de..188237a957bd4 100644
--- a/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/sensors/test_date_time.py
+++ b/providers/standard/tests/unit/standard/sensors/test_date_time.py
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
+import pendulum
 import pytest
 
+from airflow import macros
 from airflow.models.dag import DAG
 from airflow.providers.standard.sensors.date_time import DateTimeSensor
 from airflow.utils import timezone
@@ -90,3 +92,34 @@ def test_invalid_input(self):
     def test_poke(self, mock_utcnow, task_id, target_time, expected):
         op = DateTimeSensor(task_id=task_id, target_time=target_time, dag=self.dag)
         assert op.poke(None) == expected
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "native, target_time, expected_type",
+        [
+            (False, "2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:00", pendulum.DateTime),
+            (True, "{{ data_interval_end }}", pendulum.DateTime),
+            (False, pendulum.datetime(2025, 1, 1, tz="UTC"), pendulum.DateTime),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_moment(self, native, target_time, expected_type):
+        dag = DAG(
+            dag_id="moment_dag",
+            start_date=pendulum.datetime(2025, 1, 1, tz="UTC"),
+            schedule=None,
+            render_template_as_native_obj=native,
+        )
+
+        sensor = DateTimeSensor(
+            task_id="moment",
+            target_time=target_time,
+            dag=dag,
+        )
+
+        ctx = {
+            "data_interval_end": pendulum.datetime(2025, 1, 1, tz="UTC"),
+            "macros": macros,
+            "dag": dag,
+        }
+        sensor.render_template_fields(ctx)
+
+        assert isinstance(sensor._moment, expected_type)