2 files changed, 32 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
index 627c8dd485..bae20c66db 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/date/conversions.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
         def to_time(form = :local)
           ::Time.send(form, year, month, day)
         end
-        
-        alias :xmlschema :to_s
+
+        def xmlschema
+          to_time.xmlschema
+        end
       end
     end
   end
-end
-\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb
index 09209884b6..a4c7e539e3 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/module/aliasing.rb
@@ -27,4 +27,31 @@ class Module
     alias_method "#{aliased_target}_without_#{feature}#{punctuation}", target
     alias_method target, "#{aliased_target}_with_#{feature}#{punctuation}"
   end
+
+  # Allows you to make aliases for attributes, which includes 
+  # getter, setter, and query methods.
+  #
+  # Example:
+  #
+  #   class Content < ActiveRecord::Base
+  #     # has a title attribute
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   class Email < ActiveRecord::Base
+  #     alias_attribute :subject, :title
+  #   end
+  #
+  #   e = Email.find(1)
+  #   e.title    # => "Superstars"
+  #   e.subject  # => "Superstars"
+  #   e.subject? # => true
+  #   e.subject = "Megastars"
+  #   e.title    # => "Megastars"
+  def alias_attribute(new_name, old_name)
+    module_eval <<-STR, __FILE__, __LINE__+1
+      def #{new_name}; #{old_name}; end
+      def #{new_name}?; #{old_name}?; end
+      def #{new_name}=(v); self.#{old_name} = v; end
+    STR
+  end
 end