2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string.rb
index 6d554b483c..3056f74744 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/string/inflections'
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/string/conversions'
 
 class String #:nodoc:
   include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::String::Inflections
+  include ActiveSupport::CoreExtensions::String::Conversions
 end
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cfb767d1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/string/conversions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+require 'parsedate'
+
+module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
+  module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
+    module String #:nodoc:
+      # Converting strings to other objects
+      module Conversions
+        # Form can be either :utc (default) or :local.
+        def to_time(form = :utc)
+          ::Time.send(form, *ParseDate.parsedate(self))
+        end
+
+        def to_date
+          ::Date.new(*ParseDate.parsedate(self)[0..2])
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+\ No newline at end of file