diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
index 992da07..787aea3 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   # Setup method for plugin configuration
   def self.setup
     yield self
-    extend_classes.each {|klass| klass.send(:include, ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods) }
+    extend_classes.each {|klass|
+      klass.send(:include, ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods)
+      klass.send(:include, ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods)
+    }
   end
 end
 
 require 'validates_timeliness/conversion'
 require 'validates_timeliness/validator'
 require 'validates_timeliness/helper_methods'
+require 'validates_timeliness/attribute_methods'
 require 'validates_timeliness/extensions'
 require 'validates_timeliness/version'
 
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe9f0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+module ValidatesTimeliness
+  module AttributeMethods
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    included do
+      attribute_method_suffix "_before_type_cast"
+    end
+
+    module ClassMethods
+
+      protected
+
+      def define_method_attribute=(attr_name)
+        if timeliness_validated_attributes.include?(attr_name)
+          method_body, line = <<-EOV, __LINE__ + 1
+            def #{attr_name}=(value)
+              @attributes_cache ||= {}
+              @attributes_cache["_#{attr_name}_before_type_cast"] = value
+              super
+            end
+          EOV
+          class_eval(method_body, __FILE__, line)
+        else
+          super
+        end
+      end
+
+      def define_method_attribute_before_type_cast(attr_name)
+        if timeliness_validated_attributes.include?(attr_name)
+          method_body, line = <<-EOV, __LINE__ + 1
+            def #{attr_name}_before_type_cast
+              @attributes_cache && @attributes_cache["_#{attr_name}_before_type_cast"]
+            end
+          EOV
+          class_eval(method_body, __FILE__, line)
+        else
+          super rescue(NoMethodError)
+        end
+      end
+
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness/helper_methods.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/helper_methods.rb
index c208300..bf3af71 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness/helper_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/helper_methods.rb
@@ -20,5 +20,15 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
         validates_with Validator, _merge_attributes(attr_names).merge(:type => :datetime)
       end
     end
+
+    module ClassMethods
+      def timeliness_validated_attributes
+        @timeliness_validated_attributes ||= begin
+          _validators.map do |attr_name, validators|
+            attr_name.to_s if validators.any? {|v| v.is_a?(ValidatesTimeliness::Validator) }
+          end.compact
+        end
+      end
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 0ed8020..14c5eb7 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ LOCALE_PATH = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/validates_timel
 I18n.load_path.unshift(LOCALE_PATH)
 
 class Person
+  include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
   include ActiveModel::Validations
   extend  ActiveModel::Translation
 
   attr_accessor :birth_date, :birth_time, :birth_datetime
+  attr_accessor :attributes
 
   def initialize(attributes = {})
+    @attributes = {}
     attributes.each do |key, value|
       send "#{key}=", value
     end
diff --git a/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb b/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2db27e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods do
+  before do
+    Employee.validates_datetime :birth_datetime
+    Employee.define_attribute_methods
+  end
+
+  it 'should define attribute write method for validated attributes' do
+    Employee.instance_methods(false).should include("birth_datetime=")
+  end
+
+  it 'should define attribute before_type_cast method for validated attributes' do
+    Employee.instance_methods(false).should include("birth_datetime_before_type_cast")
+  end
+
+  it 'should store original raw value on attribute write' do
+    r = Employee.new
+    r.birth_datetime = '2010-01-01'
+    r.birth_datetime_before_type_cast.should == '2010-01-01'
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb b/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb
index bc480a4..87d1433 100644
--- a/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb
@@ -12,4 +12,11 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods do
     ActiveRecord::Base.instance_methods.should include('validates_time')
     ActiveRecord::Base.instance_methods.should include('validates_datetime')
   end
+
+  describe ".timeliness_validated_attributes" do
+    it 'should return attributes validated with plugin validator' do
+      Person.validates_date :birth_date
+      Person.timeliness_validated_attributes.should == ["birth_date"]
+    end
+  end
 end