diff --git a/spec/validates_timeliness/orm/active_record_spec.rb b/spec/validates_timeliness/orm/active_record_spec.rb
index 5670eba..58ff0bc 100644
--- a/spec/validates_timeliness/orm/active_record_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/validates_timeliness/orm/active_record_spec.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
   end
 
   it 'should determine type for attribute' do
-    Employee.timeliness_attribute_type(:birth_date).should == :date
+    Employee.timeliness_attribute_type(:birth_date).should eq :date
   end
 
   context 'attribute timezone awareness' do
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
       Class.new(ActiveRecord::Base) do
         self.table_name = 'employees'
         attr_accessor :some_date
+        attr_accessor :some_time
         attr_accessor :some_datetime
         validates_date :some_date
+        validates_time :some_time
         validates_datetime :some_datetime
       end
     }
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
     context 'for column attribute' do
       it 'should be detected from column type' do
         klass.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(:birth_date).should be_false
+        klass.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(:birth_time).should be_false
         klass.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(:birth_datetime).should be_true
       end
     end
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
     context 'for non-column attribute' do
       it 'should be detected from the validation type' do
         klass.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(:some_date).should be_false
+        klass.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(:some_time).should be_false
         klass.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(:some_datetime).should be_true
       end
     end
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
     class EmployeeWithCache < ActiveRecord::Base
       self.table_name = 'employees'
       validates_date :birth_date, :allow_blank => true
+      validates_time :birth_time, :allow_blank => true
       validates_datetime :birth_datetime, :allow_blank => true
     end
 
@@ -81,8 +86,9 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
       context 'for datetime column' do
         it 'should store raw value' do
           r = EmployeeWithCache.new
-          r.birth_datetime = date_string = '2010-01-01'
-          r._timeliness_raw_value_for('birth_datetime').should == date_string
+          r.birth_datetime = datetime_string = '2010-01-01 12:30'
+
+          r._timeliness_raw_value_for('birth_datetime').should eq datetime_string
         end
       end
 
@@ -90,7 +96,17 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
         it 'should store raw value' do
           r = EmployeeWithCache.new
           r.birth_date = date_string = '2010-01-01'
-          r._timeliness_raw_value_for('birth_date').should == date_string
+
+          r._timeliness_raw_value_for('birth_date').should eq date_string
+        end
+      end
+
+      context 'for time column' do
+        it 'should store raw value' do
+          r = EmployeeWithCache.new
+          r.birth_time = time_string = '12:12'
+
+          r._timeliness_raw_value_for('birth_time').should eq time_string
         end
       end
     end
@@ -101,34 +117,74 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
       class EmployeeWithParser < ActiveRecord::Base
         self.table_name = 'employees'
         validates_date :birth_date, :allow_blank => true
+        validates_time :birth_time, :allow_blank => true
         validates_datetime :birth_datetime, :allow_blank => true
       end
 
-      it 'should parse a string value' do
-        Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
-        r = EmployeeWithParser.new
-        r.birth_date = '2010-01-01'
-      end
-
-      it 'should parse a invalid string value as nil' do
-        Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
-        r = EmployeeWithParser.new
-        r.birth_date = 'not a date'
-      end
-
       context "for a date column" do
-        it 'should store a date value after parsing string' do
+        it 'should parse a string value' do
+          Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
+
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_date = '2010-01-01'
+        end
+
+        it 'should parse a invalid string value as nil' do
+          Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_date = 'not valid'
+        end
+
+        it 'should store a Date value after parsing string' do
           r = EmployeeWithParser.new
           r.birth_date = '2010-01-01'
 
           r.birth_date.should be_kind_of(Date)
-          r.birth_date.should == Date.new(2010, 1, 1)
+          r.birth_date.should eq Date.new(2010, 1, 1)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "for a time column" do
+        it 'should parse a string value' do
+          Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
+
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_time = '12:30'
+        end
+
+        it 'should parse a invalid string value as nil' do
+          Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
+
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_time = 'not valid'
+        end
+
+        it 'should store a Time value after parsing string' do
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_time = '12:30'
+
+          r.birth_time.should be_kind_of(Time)
+          r.birth_time.should eq Time.utc(2000, 1, 1, 12, 30)
         end
       end
 
       context "for a datetime column" do
         with_config(:default_timezone, 'Australia/Melbourne')
 
+        it 'should parse a string value' do
+          Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
+
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_datetime = '2010-01-01 12:00'
+        end
+
+        it 'should parse a invalid string value as nil' do
+          Timeliness::Parser.should_receive(:parse)
+
+          r = EmployeeWithParser.new
+          r.birth_datetime = 'not valid'
+        end
+
         it 'should parse string into Time value' do
           r = EmployeeWithParser.new
           r.birth_datetime = '2010-01-01 12:00'
@@ -140,7 +196,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
           r = EmployeeWithParser.new
           r.birth_datetime = '2010-06-01 12:00'
 
-          r.birth_datetime.utc_offset.should == Time.zone.utc_offset
+          r.birth_datetime.utc_offset.should eq Time.zone.utc_offset
         end
       end
     end
@@ -166,7 +222,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
       r = Employee.new
       r.birth_datetime = date_string = '2010-01-01'
 
-      r.birth_datetime_before_type_cast.should == date_string
+      r.birth_datetime_before_type_cast.should eq date_string
     end
 
     it 'should return attribute if no attribute assignment has been made' do
@@ -184,7 +240,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness, 'ActiveRecord' do
         r = Employee.new
         r.birth_datetime = date_string = '2010-01-31'
 
-        r.birth_datetime_before_type_cast.should == date_string
+        r.birth_datetime_before_type_cast.should eq date_string
       end
     end