diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
index 6d68021ab76694978c4f21ad663f4758bd81b7c8..c6bc0c9e385facd0cd1899e814481d26fc36b219 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/form_helper.rb
@@ -1013,6 +1013,18 @@ def telephone_field(object_name, method, options = {})
       #   date_field("user", "born_on", value: "1984-05-12")
       #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" value="1984-05-12" />
       #
+      # You can create values for the "min" and "max" attributes by passing
+      # instances of Date or Time to the options hash.
+      #
+      #   date_field("user", "born_on", min: Date.today)
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" min="2014-05-20" />
+      #
+      # Alternatively, you can pass a String formatted as an ISO8601 date as the
+      # values for "min" and "max."
+      #
+      #   date_field("user", "born_on", min: "2014-05-20")
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="date" min="2014-05-20" />
+      #
       def date_field(object_name, method, options = {})
         Tags::DateField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
       end
@@ -1030,6 +1042,18 @@ def date_field(object_name, method, options = {})
       #   time_field("task", "started_at")
       #   # => <input id="task_started_at" name="task[started_at]" type="time" />
       #
+      # You can create values for the "min" and "max" attributes by passing
+      # instances of Date or Time to the options hash.
+      #
+      #   time_field("task", "started_at", min: Time.now)
+      #   # => <input id="task_started_at" name="task[started_at]" type="time" min="01:00:00.000" />
+      #
+      # Alternatively, you can pass a String formatted as an ISO8601 time as the
+      # values for "min" and "max."
+      #
+      #   time_field("task", "started_at", min: "01:00:00")
+      #   # => <input id="task_started_at" name="task[started_at]" type="time" min="01:00:00.000" />
+      #
       def time_field(object_name, method, options = {})
         Tags::TimeField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
       end
@@ -1047,6 +1071,18 @@ def time_field(object_name, method, options = {})
       #   datetime_field("user", "born_on")
       #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="datetime" value="1984-01-12T00:00:00.000+0000" />
       #
+      # You can create values for the "min" and "max" attributes by passing
+      # instances of Date or Time to the options hash.
+      #
+      #   datetime_field("user", "born_on", min: Date.today)
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="datetime" min="2014-05-20T00:00:00.000+0000" />
+      #
+      # Alternatively, you can pass a String formatted as an ISO8601 datetime
+      # with UTC offset as the values for "min" and "max."
+      #
+      #   datetime_field("user", "born_on", min: "2014-05-20T00:00:00+0000")
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="datetime" min="2014-05-20T00:00:00.000+0000" />
+      #
       def datetime_field(object_name, method, options = {})
         Tags::DatetimeField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
       end
@@ -1064,6 +1100,18 @@ def datetime_field(object_name, method, options = {})
       #   datetime_local_field("user", "born_on")
       #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="datetime-local" value="1984-01-12T00:00:00" />
       #
+      # You can create values for the "min" and "max" attributes by passing
+      # instances of Date or Time to the options hash.
+      #
+      #   datetime_local_field("user", "born_on", min: Date.today)
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="datetime-local" min="2014-05-20T00:00:00.000" />
+      #
+      # Alternatively, you can pass a String formatted as an ISO8601 datetime as
+      # the values for "min" and "max."
+      #
+      #   datetime_local_field("user", "born_on", min: "2014-05-20T00:00:00")
+      #   # => <input id="user_born_on" name="user[born_on]" type="datetime-local" min="2014-05-20T00:00:00.000" />
+      #
       def datetime_local_field(object_name, method, options = {})
         Tags::DatetimeLocalField.new(object_name, method, self, options).render
       end
diff --git a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/datetime_field.rb b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/datetime_field.rb
index 25e7e05ec6c2fdc25c84722a23687f5ef953a632..4296e52f21ace9680009b49601fa8ee5ca2b30f1 100644
--- a/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/datetime_field.rb
+++ b/actionview/lib/action_view/helpers/tags/datetime_field.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ class DatetimeField < TextField # :nodoc:
         def render
           options = @options.stringify_keys
           options["value"] ||= format_date(value(object))
-          options["min"] = format_date(options["min"])
-          options["max"] = format_date(options["max"])
+          options["min"] = format_date(datetime_value(options["min"]))
+          options["max"] = format_date(datetime_value(options["max"]))
           @options = options
           super
         end
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ def render
           def format_date(value)
             value.try(:strftime, "%Y-%m-%dT%T.%L%z")
           end
+
+          def datetime_value(value)
+            return value unless value.is_a? String
+            DateTime.parse(value) rescue nil
+          end
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/actionview/test/template/form_helper_test.rb b/actionview/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
index 48073225cb197e750c3645ff48e861e071bca6cf..3e39dadcf1a577289d065e18f0b2d861c3cf2893 100644
--- a/actionview/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
+++ b/actionview/test/template/form_helper_test.rb
@@ -776,6 +776,22 @@ def test_date_field_with_nil_value
     assert_dom_equal(expected, date_field("post", "written_on"))
   end
 
+  def test_date_field_with_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" max="2010-08-15" min="2000-06-15" name="post[written_on]" type="date" value="2004-06-15" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15)
+    min_value = "2000-06-15"
+    max_value = "2010-08-15"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, date_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
+  def test_date_field_with_invalid_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="date" value="2004-06-15" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "foo"
+    max_value = "bar"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, date_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
   def test_time_field
     expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="time" value="00:00:00.000" />}
     assert_dom_equal(expected, time_field("post", "written_on"))
@@ -811,6 +827,22 @@ def test_time_field_with_nil_value
     assert_dom_equal(expected, time_field("post", "written_on"))
   end
 
+  def test_time_field_with_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" max="10:25:00.000" min="20:45:30.000" name="post[written_on]" type="time" value="01:02:03.000" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "20:45:30.000"
+    max_value = "10:25:00.000"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, time_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
+  def test_time_field_with_invalid_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="time" value="01:02:03.000" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "foo"
+    max_value = "bar"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, time_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
   def test_datetime_field
     expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="datetime" value="2004-06-15T00:00:00.000+0000" />}
     assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_field("post", "written_on"))
@@ -852,6 +884,22 @@ def test_datetime_field_with_nil_value
     assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_field("post", "written_on"))
   end
 
+  def test_datetime_field_with_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" max="2010-08-15T10:25:00.000+0000" min="2000-06-15T20:45:30.000+0000" name="post[written_on]" type="datetime" value="2004-06-15T01:02:03.000+0000" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "2000-06-15T20:45:30.000+0000"
+    max_value = "2010-08-15T10:25:00.000+0000"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
+  def test_datetime_field_with_invalid_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="datetime" value="2004-06-15T01:02:03.000+0000" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "foo"
+    max_value = "bar"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
   def test_datetime_local_field
     expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="datetime-local" value="2004-06-15T00:00:00" />}
     assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_local_field("post", "written_on"))
@@ -887,6 +935,22 @@ def test_datetime_local_field_with_nil_value
     assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_local_field("post", "written_on"))
   end
 
+  def test_datetime_local_field_with_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" max="2010-08-15T10:25:00" min="2000-06-15T20:45:30" name="post[written_on]" type="datetime-local" value="2004-06-15T01:02:03" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "2000-06-15T20:45:30"
+    max_value = "2010-08-15T10:25:00"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_local_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
+  def test_datetime_local_field_with_invalid_string_values_for_min_and_max
+    expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="datetime-local" value="2004-06-15T01:02:03" />}
+    @post.written_on = DateTime.new(2004, 6, 15, 1, 2, 3)
+    min_value = "foo"
+    max_value = "bar"
+    assert_dom_equal(expected, datetime_local_field("post", "written_on", min: min_value, max: max_value))
+  end
+
   def test_month_field
     expected = %{<input id="post_written_on" name="post[written_on]" type="month" value="2004-06" />}
     assert_dom_equal(expected, month_field("post", "written_on"))