diff --git a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
index dffb7cc973c..7193988dd15 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Test/Case/Utility/CakeTimeTest.php
@@ -394,6 +394,27 @@ public function testToUnix() {
 		$this->assertEquals(false, $this->Time->toUnix(null));
 	}
 
+/**
+ * testToServer method
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+	public function testToServer() {
+		$tzBackup = date_default_timezone_get();
+
+		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+		$serverTime = new DateTime('now');
+
+		$timezones = array('Europe/London', 'Europe/Brussels', 'UTC', 'America/Denver', 'America/Caracas', 'Asia/Kathmandu');
+		foreach ($timezones as $timezone) {
+			$result = $this->Time->toServer($serverTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), $timezone, 'U');
+			$tz = new DateTimeZone($timezone);
+			$this->assertEquals($serverTime->format('U'), $result + $tz->getOffset($serverTime));
+		}
+
+		date_default_timezone_set($tzBackup);
+	}
+
 /**
  * testToAtom method
  *
diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php
index e027e689393..4b6c46b3575 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/CakeTime.php
@@ -471,6 +471,23 @@ public static function toUnix($dateString, $timezone = null) {
 		return self::fromString($dateString, $timezone);
 	}
 
+/**
+ * Returns a formatted date in server's timezone.
+ *
+ * @param string $dateString Datetime string
+ * @param mixed $timezone Timezone string or DateTimeZone object
+ * @param string $format date format string
+ * @return mixed Formatted date
+ */
+	public static function toServer($dateString, $timezone = null, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s') {
+		if ($timezone === null) {
+			$timezone = Configure::read('Config.timezone');
+		}
+		$time = new DateTime($dateString, new DateTimeZone($timezone));
+		$time->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get()));
+		return $time->format($format);
+	}
+
 /**
  * Returns a date formatted for Atom RSS feeds.
  *