1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
index 13ef703f49..ba17b0a06b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ class Date
   def to_time(form = :local)
     ::Time.send("#{form}_time", year, month, day)
   end
+  
+  # Converts Date to a TimeWithZone in the current zone if Time.zone_default is set,
+  # otherwise converts Date to a Time via Date#to_time
+  def to_time_in_current_zone
+    if ::Time.zone_default
+      ::Time.zone.local(year, month, day)
+    else
+      to_time
+    end
+  end
 
   # Converts a Date instance to a DateTime, where the time is set to the beginning of the day
   # and UTC offset is set to 0.
@@ -94,6 +104,6 @@ class Date
   end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
 
   def xmlschema
-    to_time.xmlschema
+    to_time_in_current_zone.xmlschema
   end
 end