diff --git a/core/Base/Date.class.php b/core/Base/Date.class.php
index b8614b3f0d..af60ef8678 100644
--- a/core/Base/Date.class.php
+++ b/core/Base/Date.class.php
@@ -274,6 +274,11 @@ public function toString()
 			return $this->string;
 		}
 		
+		public function toFormatString($format)
+		{
+			return date($format, $this->toStamp());
+		}
+		
 		public function toDialectString(Dialect $dialect)
 		{
 			// there are no known differences yet
diff --git a/doc/ChangeLog b/doc/ChangeLog
index c19bd04dbc..3cef93b6e4 100644
--- a/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2012-01-13	Alexander A. Zaytsev
+	
+	* core/Base/Date.class.php: toFormatString method added.
+
 2012-01-11	Evgeny V. Kokovikhin
 
 	* core/DB/Dialect.class.php: throw exception for null values. Thanks to