--- a/Timestamp.st	Sat Oct 31 06:41:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/Timestamp.st	Tue Nov 10 07:06:23 2015 +0100
@@ -382,6 +382,24 @@
     "
 
     "Modified (comment): / 20-08-2011 / 16:52:10 / cg"
+!
+
+year: year month: month day: day hour: hour minute: minute second: second millisecond: millisecond offset:timeDuration
+    ^ (UtcTimestamp year: year month: month day: day hour: hour minute: minute second: second millisecond: millisecond)
+        utcOffset:timeDuration
+
+    "
+     Timestamp year:2015 month:11 day:9 hour:12 minute:0 second:0 millisecond:0 offset:(2 hours)
+    "
+!
+
+year: year month: month day: day hour: hour minute: minute second: second offset:timeDuration
+    ^ (UtcTimestamp year: year month: month day: day hour: hour minute: minute second: second)
+        utcOffset:timeDuration
+
+    "
+     Timestamp year:2015 month:11 day:9 hour:12 minute:0 second:0 offset:(2 hours)
+    "
 ! !
 
 !Timestamp class methodsFor:'format strings'!
@@ -1838,6 +1856,17 @@
     "Modified: 1.7.1996 / 15:23:05 / cg"
 !
 
+monthIndex
+    "return the month of the receiver (1..12).
+     For compatibility"
+
+    ^ self asDate monthIndex.
+
+    "
+     Timestamp now monthIndex
+    "
+!
+
 osTime
     "get the internal representation of the time.
      Warning: do not depend on the value (unix vs. win32 - differences)"
@@ -2292,6 +2321,15 @@
     ^ self
 !
 
+asUTC
+    ^ self asUtcTimestamp
+
+    "
+     Timestamp now
+     Timestamp now asUTC
+    "
+!
+
 asUtcTimestamp
     "return a timestamp which represents the very same timestamp,
      but will represent itself as a timestamp in the UTC timezone"
@@ -2328,6 +2366,24 @@
     "
 !
 
+utcOffset:anOffset
+   "answer a DateTime equivalent to the receiver but offset from UTC by offset"
+
+    ^ TZTimestamp new 
+        osTime:osTime;
+        utcOffset:(anOffset asTimeDuration)  
+
+    "
+     Timestamp now  -- now as local time
+     Timestamp now asTZTimestamp -- now in your local timezone
+     Timestamp now asUtcTimestamp -- now in greenwich
+     UtcTimestamp now -- now in greenwich
+     Timestamp now utcOffset:(-2 hours)2015-11-09 17:29:35.803+02 -- now in East Europe
+     Timestamp now utcOffset:(5 hours) -- now in Eastern time
+     Timestamp now asTZTimestampInZone:'EST' -- now in Eastern time
+    "
+!
+
 utcSecondsSince1901
     "return the number of seconds elapsed since Jan, 1st 1901"
 
@@ -2980,7 +3036,6 @@
     "
 ! !
 
-
 !Timestamp methodsFor:'testing'!
 
 isLocalTimestamp