Added localize helper method

actionpack/lib/action_view/helpers/translation_helper.rb

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ module ActionView
         keys = I18n.send :normalize_translation_keys, e.locale, e.key, e.options[:scope]
         content_tag('span', keys.join(', '), :class => 'translation_missing')
       end
+
+      def localize(*args)
+        I18n.l *args
+      end
     end
   end
 end

actionpack/test/template/translation_helper_test.rb

@@ -39,4 +39,10 @@ class TranslationHelperTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     #   error_messages_for(:object => @object, :locale => 'en-US')
     # end
   end
+  
+  def test_delegates_localize_to_i18n
+    @time = Time.utc(2008, 7, 8, 12, 18, 38)
+    assert_equal "Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:18:38 +0100", localize(@time)
+    assert_equal "08 Jul 12:18", localize(@time, :format => :short)
+  end
 end