diff --git a/src/I18n/Date.php b/src/I18n/Date.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * For full copyright and license information, please see the LICENSE.txt
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @since         3.2.0
+ * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
+ */
+namespace Cake\I18n;
+
+use Cake\Chronos\Date as BaseDate;
+use IntlDateFormatter;
+use JsonSerializable;
+
+/**
+ * Extends the Date class provided by Chronos.
+ *
+ * Adds handy methods and locale-aware formatting helpers
+ */
+class Date extends BaseDate implements JsonSerializable
+{
+    use DateFormatTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * The format to use when formatting a time using `Cake\I18n\Date::i18nFormat()`
+     * and `__toString`
+     *
+     * The format should be either the formatting constants from IntlDateFormatter as
+     * described in (http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.intldateformatter.php) or a pattern
+     * as specified in (http://www.icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/classSimpleDateFormat.html#details)
+     *
+     * It is possible to provide an array of 2 constants. In this case, the first position
+     * will be used for formatting the date part of the object and the second position
+     * will be used to format the time part.
+     *
+     * @var string|array|int
+     * @see \Cake\I18n\Time::i18nFormat()
+     */
+    protected static $_toStringFormat = [IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, -1];
+
+    /**
+     * The format to use when formatting a time using `Cake\I18n\Time::nice()`
+     *
+     * The format should be either the formatting constants from IntlDateFormatter as
+     * described in (http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.intldateformatter.php) or a pattern
+     * as specified in (http://www.icu-project.org/apiref/icu4c/classSimpleDateFormat.html#details)
+     *
+     * It is possible to provide an array of 2 constants. In this case, the first position
+     * will be used for formatting the date part of the object and the second position
+     * will be used to format the time part.
+     *
+     * @var string|array|int
+     * @see \Cake\I18n\Time::nice()
+     */
+    public static $niceFormat = [IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, -1];
+}
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/I18n/DateTest.php b/tests/TestCase/I18n/DateTest.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org)
+ * Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ *
+ * Licensed under The MIT License
+ * For full copyright and license information, please see the LICENSE.txt
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice
+ *
+ * @copyright     Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
+ * @link          http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project
+ * @since         1.2.0
+ * @license       http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php MIT License
+ */
+namespace Cake\Test\TestCase\I18n;
+
+use Cake\I18n\Date;
+use Cake\TestSuite\TestCase;
+
+/**
+ * DateTest class
+ */
+class DateTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * test formatting dates taking in account preferred i18n locale file
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testI18nFormat()
+    {
+        $time = new Date('Thu Jan 14 13:59:28 2010');
+        $result = $time->i18nFormat();
+        $expected = '1/14/10';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+        $result = $time->i18nFormat(\IntlDateFormatter::FULL, null, 'es-ES');
+        $expected = 'jueves, 14 de enero de 2010, 0:00:00 (GMT)';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+        $format = [\IntlDateFormatter::NONE, \IntlDateFormatter::SHORT];
+        $result = $time->i18nFormat($format);
+        $expected = '12:00 AM';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+        $result = $time->i18nFormat('HH:mm:ss', 'Australia/Sydney');
+        $expected = '00:00:00';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+        Date::$defaultLocale = 'fr-FR';
+        $result = $time->i18nFormat(\IntlDateFormatter::FULL);
+        $expected = 'jeudi 14 janvier 2010 00:00:00 UTC';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+
+        $result = $time->i18nFormat(\IntlDateFormatter::FULL, null, 'es-ES');
+        $expected = 'jueves, 14 de enero de 2010, 0:00:00 (GMT)';
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result, 'Default locale should not be used');
+    }
+
+    public function testToString()
+    {
+        $this->markTestIncomplete();
+    }
+
+    public function testJsonSerialize()
+    {
+        $this->markTestIncomplete();
+    }
+
+    public function testParseDate()
+    {
+        $this->markTestIncomplete();
+    }
+
+    public function testParseDateTime()
+    {
+        $this->markTestIncomplete();
+    }
+}