diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b920ed2931..715b875987 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Sun Feb 13 23:13:46 2005  Kouhei Sutou  <kou@cozmixng.org>
+
+	* lib/rss/dublincore.rb (RSS::DublicCoreModel#date{,=}): added
+	  convenient methods.
+
+	* lib/rss/0.9.rb (RSS::Rss::Channel#date{,=}): ditto.
+
+	* lib/rss/2.0.rb (RSS::Rss::Channel::Item#date{,=}): ditto.
+
+	* test/rss/: added tests for the convenient methods.
+
 Sun Feb 13 23:12:47 2005  Nobuyoshi Nakada  <nobu@ruby-lang.org>
 
 	* eval.c (rb_thread_start_0): restore prot_tag before rewinding.
diff --git a/lib/rss/0.9.rb b/lib/rss/0.9.rb
index 2bb59763d9..c780cdb66a 100644
--- a/lib/rss/0.9.rb
+++ b/lib/rss/0.9.rb
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ module RSS
         install_date_element(x, 'rfc822')
         install_model(x, occurs)
       end
+      alias date pubDate
+      alias date= pubDate=
 
       [
         ["skipDays", "?"],
diff --git a/lib/rss/2.0.rb b/lib/rss/2.0.rb
index 6ed4fa02bf..4bd46512f4 100644
--- a/lib/rss/2.0.rb
+++ b/lib/rss/2.0.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ EOT
           install_date_element(x, 'rfc822')
           install_model(x, occurs)
         end
+        alias date pubDate
+        alias date= pubDate=
 
         [
           ["guid", '?'],
diff --git a/lib/rss/dublincore.rb b/lib/rss/dublincore.rb
index afdd4d392d..016072edf1 100644
--- a/lib/rss/dublincore.rb
+++ b/lib/rss/dublincore.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ module RSS
         %w(date).each do |x|
           install_date_element("\#{DC_PREFIX}_\#{x}", 'w3cdtf', x)
         end
+        alias date #{DC_PREFIX}_date
+        alias date= #{DC_PREFIX}_date=
       EOC
     end
 
diff --git a/test/rss/test_dublincore.rb b/test/rss/test_dublincore.rb
index d95d31f24e..e1ee929afb 100644
--- a/test/rss/test_dublincore.rb
+++ b/test/rss/test_dublincore.rb
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ EOR
             end
             @rss.send(parent).send("dc_#{name}=", t.iso8601)
             assert_equal(t, @rss.send(parent).send("dc_#{name}"))
+            assert_equal(t, @rss.send(parent).date)
+            
+            @rss.send(parent).date = value
+            assert_equal(value, @rss.send(parent).date)
+            assert_equal(value, @rss.send(parent).send("dc_#{name}"))
           else
             @rss.send(parent).send("dc_#{name}=", new_value)
             assert_equal(new_value, @rss.send(parent).send("dc_#{name}"))
diff --git a/test/rss/test_maker_0.9.rb b/test/rss/test_maker_0.9.rb
index 50c311ad94..8fdd5f2d68 100644
--- a/test/rss/test_maker_0.9.rb
+++ b/test/rss/test_maker_0.9.rb
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ module RSS
       assert_equal(rating, channel.rating)
       assert_equal(docs, channel.docs)
       assert_equal(pubDate, channel.pubDate)
+      assert_equal(pubDate, channel.date)
       assert_equal(lastBuildDate, channel.lastBuildDate)
 
       skipDays.each_with_index do |day, i|
diff --git a/test/rss/test_maker_2.0.rb b/test/rss/test_maker_2.0.rb
index e2d5e32280..b4d402a83e 100644
--- a/test/rss/test_maker_2.0.rb
+++ b/test/rss/test_maker_2.0.rb
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ module RSS
       assert_equal(rating, channel.rating)
       assert_equal(docs, channel.docs)
       assert_equal(pubDate, channel.pubDate)
+      assert_equal(pubDate, channel.date)
       assert_equal(lastBuildDate, channel.lastBuildDate)
 
       skipDays.each_with_index do |day, i|
@@ -385,6 +386,7 @@ module RSS
         assert_equal("#{author}#{i}", item.author)
         assert_equal("#{comments}#{i}", item.comments)
         assert_equal(pubDate, item.pubDate)
+        assert_equal(pubDate, item.date)
       end
 
       rss = RSS::Maker.make("2.0") do |maker|
@@ -411,6 +413,7 @@ module RSS
         assert_equal("#{author}#{i}", item.author)
         assert_equal("#{comments}#{i}", item.comments)
         assert_equal(pubDate, item.pubDate)
+        assert_equal(pubDate, item.date)
       end
     end