diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index d199627..cb3269a 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -42,13 +42,18 @@ This creates configuration initializer and locale files. In the initializer, you
 
   ValidatesTimeliness.setup do |config|
 
-    # Add validation helpers to these classes
-    # config.extend_classes = [ ActiveRecord::Base ]
+    # Add plugin to supported ORMs (only :active_record for now)
+    # config.extend_orms = [ :active_record ]
 
   end
 
-By default the plugin extends ActiveRecord if present. If you are using one or more other ORMs, you need to add them to this config option array.
-As long as the ORM supports ActiveModel validations, it should work.
+By default the plugin extends ActiveRecord if present. Currently ActiveRecord is the only ORM included for extension. If you wish to extend
+another ORM then look at the shim for ActiveRecord to see how to setup the hooks.
+http://github.com/adzap/validates_timeliness/tree/master/lib/validates_timeliness/orms/active_record.rb
+
+To extend other ORMs is pretty straight forward. It matter of hooking into a couple of methods, being the attribute method generation and 
+timezone handling of validated attributes. However, the plugin must support the ActiveModel validations system. If you extend an ORM 
+successfully, please send me a pull request to add the shim to the plugin or let me know where to find it.
 
 
 == Usage:
diff --git a/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb b/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb
index dd5e760..ca534e0 100644
--- a/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb
+++ b/lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/validates_timeliness.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ValidatesTimeliness.setup do |config|
-  # Add validation helpers to these classes
-  # config.extend_classes = [ ActiveRecord::Base ]
+  # Add plugin to supported ORMs (only :active_record for now)
+  # config.extend_orms = [ :active_record ]
   #
   # Set the dummy date part for a time type values.
   # config.dummy_date_for_time_type = [ 2000, 1, 1 ]
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
index 58e2785..ee12560 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness.rb
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ require 'active_support/core_ext/date_time/zones'
 module ValidatesTimeliness
   autoload :VERSION, 'validates_timeliness/version'
 
-  # Add validation helpers to these classes
-  mattr_accessor :extend_classes
-  @@extend_classes = [ defined?(ActiveRecord) && ActiveRecord::Base ].compact
+  # Add plugin to supported ORMs (only :active_record for now)
+  mattr_accessor :extend_orms
+  @@extend_orms = [ defined?(ActiveRecord) && :active_record ].compact
 
   # Set the dummy date part for a time type values.
   mattr_accessor :dummy_date_for_time_type
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   # Setup method for plugin configuration
   def self.setup
     yield self
-    extend_classes.each {|klass|
-      klass.send(:include, ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods)
-      klass.send(:include, ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods)
-    }
+    extend_orms.each {|orm| require "validates_timeliness/orms/#{orm}" }
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
index ba55343..53a6c0a 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods.rb
@@ -2,28 +2,39 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
   module AttributeMethods
     extend ActiveSupport::Concern
 
-    included do
-      if attribute_method_matchers.any? {|m| m.suffix == "_before_type_cast" && m.prefix.blank? }
-        extend BeforeTypeCastMethods
-      end
-    end
-
     module ClassMethods
 
+      def define_timeliness_methods(before_type_cast=false)
+        timeliness_validated_attributes.each do |attr_name, type|
+          define_timeliness_write_method(attr_name, type, timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(attr_name))
+          define_timeliness_before_type_cast_method(attr_name) if before_type_cast
+        end
+      end
+
       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)
-        end
-        super rescue(NoMethodError)
+      def define_timeliness_write_method(attr_name, type, timezone_aware)
+        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)
+      end
+
+      def define_timeliness_before_type_cast_method(attr_name)
+        method_body, line = <<-EOV, __LINE__ + 1
+          def #{attr_name}_before_type_cast
+            _timeliness_raw_value_for('#{attr_name}')
+          end
+        EOV
+        class_eval(method_body, __FILE__, line)
+      end
+
+      def timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(attr_name)
+        false
       end
 
     end
@@ -36,22 +47,5 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
 
     end
 
-    module BeforeTypeCastMethods
-
-      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
-              _timeliness_raw_value_for('#{attr_name}')
-            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 bf3af71..4341052 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness/helper_methods.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/helper_methods.rb
@@ -5,30 +5,37 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
     included do
       include ValidationMethods
       extend ValidationMethods
+      class_inheritable_accessor :timeliness_validated_attributes
+      self.timeliness_validated_attributes = {}
     end
 
     module ValidationMethods
+      def validates_timeliness_of(*attr_names)
+        options = _merge_attributes(attr_names)
+        attributes = options[:attributes].inject({}) {|validated, attr_name|
+          attr_name = attr_name.to_s
+          validated[attr_name] = options[:type]
+          validated
+        }
+        timeliness_validated_attributes.update(attributes)
+        validates_with Validator, options
+      end
+
       def validates_date(*attr_names)
-        validates_with Validator, _merge_attributes(attr_names).merge(:type => :date)
+        options = attr_names.extract_options!
+        validates_timeliness_of *(attr_names << options.merge(:type => :date))
       end
 
       def validates_time(*attr_names)
-        validates_with Validator, _merge_attributes(attr_names).merge(:type => :time)
+        options = attr_names.extract_options!
+        validates_timeliness_of *(attr_names << options.merge(:type => :time))
       end
 
       def validates_datetime(*attr_names)
-        validates_with Validator, _merge_attributes(attr_names).merge(:type => :datetime)
+        options = attr_names.extract_options!
+        validates_timeliness_of *(attr_names << options.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/lib/validates_timeliness/orms/active_record.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/orms/active_record.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88bb7ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/orms/active_record.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+class ActiveRecord::Base
+  include ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods
+  include ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods
+
+  def self.define_attribute_methods
+    super
+    # Define write method and before_type_cast method
+    define_timeliness_methods(true)
+  end
+
+  def self.timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(attr_name)
+    create_time_zone_conversion_attribute?(attr_name, columns_hash[attr_name])
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/validates_timeliness/validator.rb b/lib/validates_timeliness/validator.rb
index 581258e..4136f36 100644
--- a/lib/validates_timeliness/validator.rb
+++ b/lib/validates_timeliness/validator.rb
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ module ValidatesTimeliness
       :timeliness
     end
 
+    def setup(klass)
+      @klass = klass
+    end
+
     def initialize(options)
-      @allow_nil, @allow_blank = options.delete(:allow_nil), options.delete(:allow_blank)
       @type = options.delete(:type) || :datetime
+      @allow_nil, @allow_blank = options.delete(:allow_nil), options.delete(:allow_blank)
       @restrictions_to_check = RESTRICTIONS.keys & options.keys
 
       if range = options.delete(:between)
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index ce2aad4..1a681cb 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ require 'rspec_tag_matchers'
 require 'model_helpers'
 
 require 'validates_timeliness'
+require 'test_model'
 
 ValidatesTimeliness.setup do |c|
-  c.extend_classes = [ ActiveModel::Validations, ActiveRecord::Base ]
+  c.extend_orms = [ :active_record ]
   c.enable_date_time_select_extension!
   c.enable_multiparameter_extension!
 end
@@ -25,22 +26,38 @@ Time.zone = 'Australia/Melbourne'
 LOCALE_PATH = File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../lib/generators/validates_timeliness/templates/en.yml')
 I18n.load_path.unshift(LOCALE_PATH)
 
-class Person
-  include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
-  include ActiveModel::Validations
-  extend  ActiveModel::Translation
+# Extend TestModel as you would another ORM/ODM module
+module TestModel
+  include ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods
+  include ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods
 
-  attr_accessor :birth_date, :birth_time, :birth_datetime
-  attr_accessor :attributes
+  def self.included(base)
+    base.extend HookMethods
+  end
 
-  def initialize(attributes = {})
-    @attributes = {}
-    attributes.each do |key, value|
-      send "#{key}=", value
+  module HookMethods
+    # Hook method for attribute method generation
+    def define_attribute_methods(attr_names)
+      super
+      define_timeliness_methods
+    end
+
+    # Hook into native time zone handling check, if any
+    def timeliness_attribute_timezone_aware?(attr_name)
+      false
     end
   end
 end
 
+class Person
+  include TestModel
+  self.model_attributes = :birth_date, :birth_time, :birth_datetime
+  validates_date :birth_date
+  validates_time :birth_time
+  validates_datetime :birth_datetime
+  define_attribute_methods model_attributes
+end
+
 ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection({:adapter => 'sqlite3', :database => ':memory:'})
 ActiveRecord::Migration.verbose = false
 ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 1) do
@@ -54,6 +71,10 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 1) do
 end
 
 class Employee < ActiveRecord::Base
+  validates_date :birth_date
+  validates_time :birth_time
+  validates_datetime :birth_datetime
+  define_attribute_methods
 end
 
 Rspec.configure do |c|
@@ -61,8 +82,10 @@ Rspec.configure do |c|
   c.include(RspecTagMatchers)
   c.before do
     Person.reset_callbacks(:validate)
+    Person.timeliness_validated_attributes = {}
     Person._validators.clear
     Employee.reset_callbacks(:validate)
+    Employee.timeliness_validated_attributes = {}
     Employee._validators.clear
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/test_model.rb b/spec/test_model.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c456d53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/test_model.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+module TestModel
+  extend  ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  included do
+    extend  ActiveModel::Translation
+    include ActiveModel::Validations
+    include ActiveModel::AttributeMethods
+    include DynamicMethods
+
+    attribute_method_suffix ""
+    attribute_method_suffix "="
+    cattr_accessor :model_attributes
+  end
+
+  module ClassMethods
+    def define_method_attribute=(attr_name)
+      generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def #{attr_name}=(new_value); @attributes['#{attr_name}']=new_value ; end", __FILE__, __LINE__)
+    end
+
+    def define_method_attribute(attr_name)
+      generated_attribute_methods.module_eval("def #{attr_name}; @attributes['#{attr_name}']; end", __FILE__, __LINE__)
+    end
+  end
+
+  module DynamicMethods
+    def method_missing(method_id, *args, &block)
+      if !self.class.attribute_methods_generated?
+        self.class.define_attribute_methods self.class.model_attributes.map(&:to_s)
+        method_name = method_id.to_s
+        send(method_id, *args, &block)
+      else
+        super
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  def initialize(attributes = nil)
+    @attributes = self.class.model_attributes.inject({}) do |hash, column|
+      hash[column.to_s] = nil
+      hash
+    end
+    self.attributes = attributes unless attributes.nil?
+  end
+
+  def attributes
+    @attributes.keys
+  end
+
+  def attributes=(new_attributes={})
+    new_attributes.each do |key, value|
+      send "#{key}=", value
+    end
+  end
+
+end
+
diff --git a/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb b/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb
index c778e25..6dc3632 100644
--- a/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/validates_timeliness/attribute_methods_spec.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe ValidatesTimeliness::AttributeMethods do
-  before do
-    Employee.validates_datetime :birth_datetime
-    Employee.define_attribute_methods
-    Person.validates_datetime :birth_datetime
-    Person.define_attribute_methods [:birth_datetime]
-  end
-
   it 'should define _timeliness_raw_value_for instance method' do
     Person.instance_methods.should include('_timeliness_raw_value_for')
   end
   
   context "attribute write method" do
+    class EmployeeCopy < ActiveRecord::Base
+      set_table_name 'employees'
+      validates_datetime :birth_datetime
+    end
+
     it 'should cache attribute raw value' do
-      r = Employee.new
+      r = EmployeeCopy.new
       r.birth_datetime = date_string = '2010-01-01'
       r._timeliness_raw_value_for(:birth_datetime).should == date_string
     end
diff --git a/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb b/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb
index 7d9af72..10ba504 100644
--- a/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/validates_timeliness/helper_methods_spec.rb
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ describe ValidatesTimeliness::HelperMethods do
   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"]
+      Person.timeliness_validated_attributes.should == {"birth_date" => :date}
     end
   end
 end