Can't get date formatting right

Hi,

I'm still struggling with getting dates formatted correctly without formatting them myself.
I went over all docs again, still, I must be doing something wrong.

I want to use the built in Django system that formats the date according to the locale.
I try this on a Debian Linux Squeeze, locale output is this:
# locale
LANG=nl_BE.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=
LC_CTYPE="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="nl_BE.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

I want to use Belgian/Dutch date formatting. I plan to use 3 languages for the time being yet
the translation files aren't there yet.
Next, my settings.py
...
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Brussels'
ugettext = lambda s: s
LANGUAGES = (
('nl', ugettext('Dutch')),
('fr', ugettext('French')),
('en', ugettext('English')),
)
DEFAULT_LANGUAGE = 1
LANGUAGE_CODE = "nl_BE"
USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True
USE_TZ = True
...

In my template, i load I18N and L10N

{% load i18n %}
{% load l10n %}

and I even specifically say to localize the date in my template:
{{form.day_of_birth|localize}}

The form class used to display the info:

class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
class Meta:
model = MyTest
fields = ('name', 'day_of_birth')
# Added this line to try and force the localization
day_of_birth = forms.DateTimeField(localize=True)

Yet, I only see a date like this 2012-04-01 and not like 01/04/2011.
Also, I can't enter a date like 01/04/2011 but it does accept 2012-04-01

What am I doing wrong. I used to solve this in the past by filtering the date with a tag
but I really want to do it right and make use of the built-in features.

Can anybody shed some light on this please?

Cheers,
Benedict

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