diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 010b763a..6d78ebc4 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ for ($i=0; $i < 10; $i++) {
 
 Each of the generator properties (like `name`, `address`, and `lorem`) are called "formatters". A faker generator has many of them, packaged in "providers". Here is a list of the bundled formatters in the default locale.
 
-### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Name`
+### `Faker\Provider\en_US\Person`
 
     prefix                  // 'Ms.'  
     suffix                  // 'Jr.'  
diff --git a/src/Faker/Factory.php b/src/Faker/Factory.php
index 0ba229ad..d04c08d2 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Factory.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Factory.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class Factory
 {
 	const DEFAULT_LOCALE = 'en_US';
 	
-	protected static $defaultProviders = array('Name', 'Address', 'PhoneNumber', 'Company', 'Lorem', 'Internet', 'DateTime', 'Miscellaneous');
+	protected static $defaultProviders = array('Person', 'Address', 'PhoneNumber', 'Company', 'Lorem', 'Internet', 'DateTime', 'Miscellaneous');
 	
 	public static function create($locale = self::DEFAULT_LOCALE)
 	{
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
index f70d7f7f..1ff81b63 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Base.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Base
 	 */
 	protected static function numerify($string)
 	{
-		return preg_replace_callback('/\#/', get_called_class() . '::randomDigit', $string);
+		return preg_replace_callback('/\#/', 'static::randomDigit', $string);
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class Base
 	 */
 	protected static function lexify($string)
 	{
-		return preg_replace_callback('/\?/', get_called_class() . '::randomLetter', $string);
+		return preg_replace_callback('/\?/', 'static::randomLetter', $string);
 	}
 	
 	/**
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/DateTime.php b/src/Faker/Provider/DateTime.php
index c3ad63c5..fac70ca8 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/DateTime.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/DateTime.php
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ class DateTime extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	protected static $century = array('I','II','III','IV','V','VI','VII','VIII','IX','X','XI','XII','XIII','XIV','XV','XVI','XVII','XVIII','XIX','XX','XX1');
 
 	/**
+	 * Get a timestamp between January 1, 1970 and now
+	 *
 	 * @example 1061306726
 	 */
 	public static function unixTime()
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ class DateTime extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Get a datetime object for a date between January 1, 1970 and now
+	 *
 	 * @example DateTime('2005-08-16 20:39:21')
 	 * @return \DateTime
 	 */
@@ -24,6 +28,17 @@ class DateTime extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	{
 		return new \DateTime('@' . static::unixTime());
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get a datetime object for a date between January 1, 001 and now
+	 *
+	 * @example DateTime('1265-03-22 21:15:52')
+	 * @return \DateTime
+	 */
+	public static function dateTimeAD()
+	{
+		return new \DateTime('@' . mt_rand(-62135597361, time()));
+	}
 	
 	/**
 	 * @example '2003-10-21T16:05:52+0000'
@@ -34,6 +49,9 @@ class DateTime extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Get a date string between January 1, 1970 and now
+	 *
+	 * @param   string $format
 	 * @example '2008-11-27'
 	 */
 	public static function date($format = 'Y-m-d')
@@ -42,6 +60,9 @@ class DateTime extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Get a time string (24h format by default)
+	 *
+	 * @param   string $format
 	 * @example '15:02:34'
 	 */
 	public static function time($format = 'H:i:s')
@@ -50,6 +71,11 @@ class DateTime extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * Get a DateTime object based on a random date between two given dates.
+	 * Accepts date strings that can be recognized by strtotime().
+	 *
+	 * @param   string $startDate Defaults to 30 years ago
+	 * @param   string $endDate Defaults to "now"
 	 * @example DateTime('1999-02-02 11:42:52')
 	 * @return \DateTime
 	 */
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/Name.php b/src/Faker/Provider/Person.php
similarity index 94%
rename from src/Faker/Provider/Name.php
rename to src/Faker/Provider/Person.php
index 3bb5c219..22239178 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/Name.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/Person.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace Faker\Provider;
 
 require_once __DIR__ . '/Base.php';
 
-class Name extends \Faker\Provider\Base
+class Person extends \Faker\Provider\Base
 {
 	protected static $formats = array(
 		'{{firstName}} {{lastName}}',
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/en_US/Name.php b/src/Faker/Provider/en_US/Person.php
similarity index 99%
rename from src/Faker/Provider/en_US/Name.php
rename to src/Faker/Provider/en_US/Person.php
index 14372cb4..81b1eadb 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/en_US/Name.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/en_US/Person.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Faker\Provider\en_US;
 
-require_once __DIR__ . '/../Name.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../Person.php';
 
-class Name extends \Faker\Provider\Name
+class Person extends \Faker\Provider\Person
 {
 	protected static $formats = array(
 		'{{firstName}} {{lastName}}',
diff --git a/src/Faker/Provider/fr_FR/Name.php b/src/Faker/Provider/fr_FR/Person.php
similarity index 98%
rename from src/Faker/Provider/fr_FR/Name.php
rename to src/Faker/Provider/fr_FR/Person.php
index f33e7fda..861fa050 100644
--- a/src/Faker/Provider/fr_FR/Name.php
+++ b/src/Faker/Provider/fr_FR/Person.php
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 namespace Faker\Provider\fr_FR;
 
-require_once __DIR__ . '/../Name.php';
+require_once __DIR__ . '/../Person.php';
 
-class Name extends \Faker\Provider\Name
+class Person extends \Faker\Provider\Person
 {
 	protected static $formats = array(
 		'{{firstName}} {{lastName}}',