diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index 2fbeda8..658e2ef 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ See the wiki[http://github.com/adzap/validates_timeliness/wiki/Plugin-Parser] fo
 === Restriction Shorthand
 
 It is common to restrict an attribute to being on or before the current time or current day. 
-To specify this you need to use a lambda as an option value e.g. <tt>lambda { Time.now }</tt>.
+To specify this you need to use a lambda as an option value e.g. <tt>lambda { Time.current }</tt>.
 This can be tedious noise amongst your validations for something so common. To combat this the
 plugin allows you to use shorthand symbols for often used relative times or dates.
 
diff --git a/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb b/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb
index b58eb01..fbf9b41 100644
--- a/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ ValidatesTimeliness.setup do |config|
   #
   # Shorthand date and time symbols for restrictions
   # config.restriction_shorthand_symbols.update(
-  #   :now   => lambda { Time.now },
-  #   :today => lambda { Date.today }
+  #   :now   => lambda { Time.current },
+  #   :today => lambda { Date.current }
   # )
   #
   # Use the plugin date/time parser which is stricter and extendable
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
index aae4478..528140c 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   # Shorthand time and date symbols for restrictions
   mattr_accessor :restriction_shorthand_symbols
   @@restriction_shorthand_symbols = {
-    :now   => lambda { Time.now },
-    :today => lambda { Date.today }
+    :now   => lambda { Time.current },
+    :today => lambda { Date.current }
   }
 
   def self.parser