2 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb
index a69a6c5f64..b4954e943f 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/numeric/time.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
   module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
     module Numeric #:nodoc:
       # Enables the use of time calculations and declarations, like 45.minutes + 2.hours + 4.years.
+      #
+      # If you need precise date calculations that doesn't just treat months as 30 days, then have
+      # a look at Time#advance.
       # 
       # Some of these methods are approximations, Ruby's core 
       # Date[http://stdlib.rubyonrails.org/libdoc/date/rdoc/index.html] and 
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb
index 6a80762a62..7c60d5bed5 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/calculations.rb
@@ -44,6 +44,15 @@ module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
             options[:usec]  || ((options[:hour] || options[:min] || options[:sec]) ? 0 : self.usec)
           )
         end
+        
+        # Uses Date to provide precise Time calculations for years, months, and days.  The +options+ parameter takes a hash with 
+        # any of these keys: :months, :days, :years.
+        def advance(options)
+          d = ::Date.new(year + (options.delete(:years) || 0), month, day)
+          d = d >> options.delete(:months) if options[:months]
+          d = d +  options.delete(:days)   if options[:days]
+          change(options.merge(:year => d.year, :month => d.month, :mday => d.day))
+        end
 
         # Returns a new Time representing the time a number of seconds ago, this is basically a wrapper around the Numeric extension
         # Do not use this method in combination with x.months, use months_ago instead!