diff --git a/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php b/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
index 232841bb6..630515fd0 100644
--- a/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
+++ b/cake/libs/view/helpers/time.php
@@ -440,6 +440,17 @@ class TimeHelper extends AppHelper {
  */
 	function toRSS($dateString, $userOffset = null) {
 		$date = $this->fromString($dateString, $userOffset);
+
+		if(!is_null($userOffset)) {
+			if($userOffset == 0) {
+				$timezone = '+0000';
+			} else {
+				$hours = (int) floor(abs($userOffset));
+				$minutes = (int) (fmod(abs($userOffset), $hours) * 60);
+				$timezone = ($userOffset < 0 ? '-' : '+') . str_pad($hours, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT) . str_pad($minutes, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
+			}
+			return date('D, d M Y H:i:s', $date) . ' ' . $timezone;
+		}
 		return date("r", $date);
 	}
 
diff --git a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php
index daa77f678..1feae5cea 100644
--- a/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php
+++ b/cake/tests/cases/libs/view/helpers/time.test.php
@@ -409,6 +409,16 @@ class TimeHelperTest extends CakeTestCase {
  */
 	function testToRss() {
 		$this->assertEqual(date('r'), $this->Time->toRss(time()));
+
+		if (!$this->skipIf(!class_exists('DateTimeZone'), '%s DateTimeZone class not available.')) {
+			$timezones = array('Europe/London', 'Europe/Brussels', 'UTC', 'America/Denver', 'America/Caracas', 'Asia/Kathmandu');
+			foreach($timezones as $timezone) {
+				$yourTimezone = new DateTimeZone($timezone);
+				$yourTime = new DateTime('now', $yourTimezone);
+				$userOffset = $yourTimezone->getOffset($yourTime) / HOUR;
+				$this->assertEqual($yourTime->format('r'), $this->Time->toRss(time(), $userOffset));	
+			}	
+		}
 	}
 
 /**