diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index f1c0b2f4d50..79f7b2b9913 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         "php": ">=5.5.0",
         "ext-intl": "*",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
-        "nesbot/Carbon": "1.13.*",
+        "cakephp/chronos": "~1.0",
         "aura/intl": "1.1.*",
         "psr/log": "1.0"
     },
diff --git a/src/I18n/Time.php b/src/I18n/Time.php
index 3f4935ebfd6..26afa095213 100644
--- a/src/I18n/Time.php
+++ b/src/I18n/Time.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 namespace Cake\I18n;
 
-use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Cake\Chronos\Chronos;
 use DateTime;
 use DateTimeZone;
 use IntlDateFormatter;
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
  * formatting helpers
  *
  */
-class Time extends Carbon implements JsonSerializable
+class Time extends Chronos implements JsonSerializable
 {
 
     /**
@@ -158,36 +158,6 @@ public function nice($timezone = null, $locale = null)
         return $this->i18nFormat(static::$niceFormat, $timezone, $locale);
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Returns true if this object represents a date within the current week
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function isThisWeek()
-    {
-        return static::now($this->getTimezone())->format('W o') == $this->format('W o');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if this object represents a date within the current month
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function isThisMonth()
-    {
-        return static::now($this->getTimezone())->format('m Y') == $this->format('m Y');
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns true if this object represents a date within the current year
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function isThisYear()
-    {
-        return static::now($this->getTimezone())->format('Y') == $this->format('Y');
-    }
-
     /**
      * Returns the quarter
      *