1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb
index f2ff0e06a8..903dd02031 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,11 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
         def to_time
           self
         end
+        
+        # converts to a Ruby DateTime instance; preserves utc offset
+        def to_datetime
+          ::DateTime.civil(year, month, day, hour, min, sec, Rational(utc_offset, 86400), 0)
+        end        
       end
     end
   end