1 files changed, 7 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 092f936961..769ead9544 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 require 'date'
-require 'active_support/inflector'
+require 'active_support/inflector/methods'
 require 'active_support/core_ext/date/zones'
 
 class Date
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ class Date
     ::DateTime.civil(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0, 0)
   end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
 
+  def iso8601
+    strftime('%F')
+  end if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+
+  alias_method :rfc3339, :iso8601 if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+
   def xmlschema
     to_time_in_current_zone.xmlschema
   end