diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
index 8b1aed974f..5b4687ce64 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/plugin_new/plugin_new_generator.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 require 'active_support/core_ext/hash/slice'
 require "rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator"
+require 'date'
 
 module Rails
   class PluginBuilder