diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
index 007b61b755..9e21a8beab 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Ruby 1.8-cvs and 1.9 define a private Time#to_date that overrides Active
+Support. Make it public to preserve compatibility.  [Jeremy Kemper]
+
 * Full test coverage for Inflector.  #7228 [Dan Kubb]
 
 * :db format for Date#to_s [Jeremy Kemper]
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time.rb
index a802c065a7..a9e6a4385c 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+require 'date'
+require 'time'
+
+# Ruby 1.8-cvs and 1.9 define private Time#to_date
+class Time
+  %w(to_date to_datetime).each do |method|
+    public method if private_instance_methods.include?(method)
+  end
+end
+
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/time/behavior'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/time/calculations'
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/time/conversions'
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb
index 6e8dae21f1..f2ff0e06a8 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/core_ext/time/conversions.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-require 'date'
-require 'time'
-
 module ActiveSupport #:nodoc:
   module CoreExtensions #:nodoc:
     module Time #:nodoc: