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index b995d53806..8045316e98 100644
--- a/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile
+++ b/guides/source/active_support_core_extensions.textile
@@ -3129,18 +3129,38 @@ The method +beginning_of_day+ returns a timestamp at the beginning of the day (0
<ruby>
date = Date.new(2010, 6, 7)
-date.beginning_of_day # => Sun Jun 07 00:00:00 +0200 2010
+date.beginning_of_day # => Mon Jun 07 00:00:00 +0200 2010
</ruby>
The method +end_of_day+ returns a timestamp at the end of the day (23:59:59):
<ruby>
date = Date.new(2010, 6, 7)
-date.end_of_day # => Sun Jun 06 23:59:59 +0200 2010
+date.end_of_day # => Mon Jun 07 23:59:59 +0200 2010
</ruby>
+beginning_of_day+ is aliased to +at_beginning_of_day+, +midnight+, +at_midnight+.
+h6. +beginning_of_hour+, +end_of_hour+
+
+The method +beginning_of_hour+ returns a timestamp at the beginning of the hour (hh:00:00):
+
+<ruby>
+date = DateTime.new(2010, 6, 7, 19, 55, 25)
+date.beginning_of_hour # => Mon Jun 07 19:00:00 +0200 2010
+</ruby>
+
+The method +end_of_hour+ returns a timestamp at the end of the hour (hh:59:59):
+
+<ruby>
+date = DateTime.new(2010, 6, 7, 19, 55, 25)
+date.end_of_hour # => Mon Jun 07 19:59:59 +0200 2010
+</ruby>
+
++beginning_of_hour+ is aliased to +at_beginning_of_hour+.
+
+INFO: +beginning_of_hour+ and +end_of_hour+ are implemented for +Time+ and +DateTime+ but *not* +Date+ as it does not make sense to request the beginning or end of an hour on a +Date+ instance.
+
h6. +ago+, +since+
The method +ago+ receives a number of seconds as argument and returns a timestamp those many seconds ago from midnight:
@@ -3208,6 +3228,13 @@ since (in)
On the other hand, +advance+ and +change+ are also defined and support more options, they are documented below.
+The following methods are only implemented in +active_support/core_ext/date_time/calculations.rb+ as they only make sense when used with a +DateTime+ instance:
+
+<ruby>
+beginning_of_hour (at_beginning_of_hour)
+end_of_hour
+</ruby>
+
h5. Named Datetimes
h6. +DateTime.current+
@@ -3350,6 +3377,8 @@ ago
since (in)
beginning_of_day (midnight, at_midnight, at_beginning_of_day)
end_of_day
+beginning_of_hour (at_beginning_of_hour)
+end_of_hour
beginning_of_week (at_beginning_of_week)
end_of_week (at_end_of_week)
monday