diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 1fd8cbd722..b45d6e3373 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Base#instantiate_time_object uses Time.zone.local() [Geoff Buesing]
+
 * Add timezone-aware attribute readers and writers. #10982 [Geoff Buesing]
 
 * Instantiating time objects in multiparameter attributes uses Time.zone if available.  #10982 [rick]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
index fc45930d73..f273c04a94 100755
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/base.rb
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       # Includes an ugly hack for Time.local instead of Time.new because the latter is reserved by Time itself.
       def instantiate_time_object(name, values)
         if Time.zone && !self.class.skip_time_zone_conversion_for_attributes.include?(name.to_sym)
-          Time.zone.new(*values)
+          Time.zone.local(*values)
         else
           @@default_timezone == :utc ? Time.utc(*values) : Time.local(*values)
         end
diff --git a/activesupport/CHANGELOG b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
index 38294ebef7..6b66875012 100644
--- a/activesupport/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activesupport/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* TimeZone#new method renamed #local; when used with Time.zone, constructor now reads: Time.zone.local() [Geoff Buesing]
+
 * Added Base64.encode64s to encode values in base64 without the newlines. This makes the values immediately usable as URL parameters or memcache keys without further processing [DHH]
 
 * Remove :nodoc: entries around the ActiveSupport test/unit assertions.  #10946 [dancroak, jamesh]
diff --git a/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb b/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
index fed64579e4..4f2fc5e44b 100644
--- a/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
+++ b/activesupport/lib/active_support/values/time_zone.rb
@@ -177,9 +177,9 @@ class TimeZone
   
   # Method for creating new ActiveSupport::TimeWithZone instance in time zone of self. Example:
   #
-  #   Time.zone = "Hawaii"                    # => "Hawaii"
-  #   Time.zone.new(2007, 2, 1, 15, 30, 45)   # => Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:30:45 HST -10:00
-  def new(*args)
+  #   Time.zone = "Hawaii"                      # => "Hawaii"
+  #   Time.zone.local(2007, 2, 1, 15, 30, 45)   # => Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:30:45 HST -10:00
+  def local(*args)
     Time.utc_time(*args).change_time_zone(self)
   end
 
diff --git a/activesupport/test/time_zone_test.rb b/activesupport/test/time_zone_test.rb
index cd3972a41c..43f60690d9 100644
--- a/activesupport/test/time_zone_test.rb
+++ b/activesupport/test/time_zone_test.rb
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@ class TimeZoneTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert !TimeZone.us_zones.include?(TimeZone["Kuala Lumpur"])
   end 
   
-  def test_new
-    time = TimeZone["Hawaii"].new(2007, 2, 5, 15, 30, 45)
+  def test_local
+    time = TimeZone["Hawaii"].local(2007, 2, 5, 15, 30, 45)
     assert_equal Time.utc(2007, 2, 5, 15, 30, 45), time.time
     assert_equal TimeZone["Hawaii"], time.time_zone
   end