diff --git a/activerecord/CHANGELOG b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
index 7eff9e9c939b822cc079fd90c234287f299e4456..cda2262ed4897a53c383edd4e7cd2c799a7e5ab4 100644
--- a/activerecord/CHANGELOG
+++ b/activerecord/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Use Date#to_s(:db) for quoted dates.  #7411 [Michael Schoen]
+
 * Don't create instance writer methods for class attributes.  Closes #7401 [Rick]
 
 * Docs: validations examples.  #7343 [zackchandler]
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
index ce9495a5d23027fa36064ca68fef0971c84765d6..aa405eb47c8b3d0765d17e4e8cded90fe4896e32 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/abstract/quoting.rb
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ def quote(value, column = nil)
           # BigDecimals need to be output in a non-normalized form and quoted.
           when BigDecimal               then value.to_s('F')
           else
-            if value.acts_like?(:date)
-              "'#{value.to_s}'"
-            elsif value.acts_like?(:time)
+            if value.acts_like?(:date) || value.acts_like?(:time)
               "'#{quoted_date(value)}'"
             else
               "'#{quote_string(value.to_yaml)}'"
@@ -50,13 +48,13 @@ def quote_column_name(name)
       def quoted_true
         "'t'"
       end
-      
+
       def quoted_false
         "'f'"
       end
-      
+
       def quoted_date(value)
-        value.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        value.to_s(:db)
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
index eb9d0e94dfdd5f92d58035a9da00134e9356b4fe..2f4b2b9a3a63963698cd7dd070d30867202cb67b 100644
--- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
+++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/postgresql_adapter.rb
@@ -125,8 +125,13 @@ def quote_column_name(name)
         %("#{name}")
       end
 
+      # Include microseconds if the value is a Time responding to usec.
       def quoted_date(value)
-        value.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.#{sprintf("%06d", value.usec)}")
+        if value.acts_like?(:time) && value.respond_to?(:usec)
+          "#{super}.#{sprintf("%06d", value.usec)}"
+        else
+          super
+        end
       end