diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/datetime.py b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/datetime.py
index 97ed34d5697..b03b3c905a4 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/datetime.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/core/column/datetime.py
@@ -719,6 +719,11 @@ def as_string_column(
     ) -> "cudf.core.column.StringColumn":
         return self._local_time.as_string_column(dtype, format, **kwargs)
 
+    def get_dt_field(self, field: str) -> ColumnBase:
+        return libcudf.datetime.extract_datetime_component(
+            self._local_time, field
+        )
+
     def __repr__(self):
         # Arrow prints the UTC timestamps, but we want to print the
         # local timestamps:
diff --git a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/test_datetimelike.py b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/test_datetimelike.py
index 80b343c2332..85da985940f 100644
--- a/python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/test_datetimelike.py
+++ b/python/cudf/cudf/tests/series/test_datetimelike.py
@@ -178,3 +178,15 @@ def test_convert_edge_cases(data, original_timezone, target_timezone):
     expect = ps.dt.tz_convert(target_timezone)
     got = gs.dt.tz_convert(target_timezone)
     assert_eq(expect, got)
+
+
+def test_tz_aware_attributes_local():
+    data = [
+        "2008-05-12 13:50:00",
+        "2008-12-12 14:50:35",
+        "2009-05-12 13:50:32",
+    ]
+    dti = cudf.DatetimeIndex(data).tz_localize("UTC").tz_convert("US/Eastern")
+    result = dti.hour
+    expected = cudf.Index([9, 9, 9], dtype="int16")
+    assert_eq(result, expected)