diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 42d5ee7..2f413d2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
-# 0.2.2 (August 19th, 2010)
+## 0.2.3 (August 20th, 2010)
+* connection flags can now be passed to the constructor via the :flags key
+* switch AR adapter connection over to use FOUND_ROWS option
+* patch to ensure we use DateTime objects in place of Time for timestamps that are out of the supported range on 32bit platforms < 1.9.2
+
+## 0.2.2 (August 19th, 2010)
 * Change how AR adapter would send initial commands upon connecting
 ** we can make multiple session variable assignments in a single query
 * fix signal handling when waiting on queries
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ee1372d..7179039 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2.2
+0.2.3
diff --git a/ext/mysql2/result.c b/ext/mysql2/result.c
index 9df4131..5c7302e 100644
--- a/ext/mysql2/result.c
+++ b/ext/mysql2/result.c
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ rb_encoding *binaryEncoding;
 
 VALUE cMysql2Result;
 VALUE cBigDecimal, cDate, cDateTime;
-VALUE opt_decimal_zero, opt_float_zero, opt_time_year, opt_time_month;
+VALUE opt_decimal_zero, opt_float_zero, opt_time_year, opt_time_month, opt_utc_offset;
 extern VALUE mMysql2, cMysql2Client, cMysql2Error;
 static VALUE intern_encoding_from_charset;
 static ID intern_new, intern_utc, intern_local, intern_encoding_from_charset_code,
-          intern_localtime;
+          intern_localtime, intern_local_offset, intern_civil, intern_new_offset;
 static ID sym_symbolize_keys, sym_as, sym_array, sym_database_timezone, sym_application_timezone,
           sym_local, sym_utc, sym_cast_booleans;
 static ID intern_merge;
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ static VALUE rb_mysql_result_fetch_row(VALUE self, ID db_timezone, ID app_timezo
   for (i = 0; i < wrapper->numberOfFields; i++) {
     VALUE field = rb_mysql_result_fetch_field(self, i, symbolizeKeys);
     if (row[i]) {
-      VALUE val;
+      VALUE val = Qnil;
       switch(fields[i].type) {
         case MYSQL_TYPE_NULL:       // NULL-type field
           val = Qnil;
@@ -190,12 +190,28 @@ static VALUE rb_mysql_result_fetch_row(VALUE self, ID db_timezone, ID app_timezo
               rb_raise(cMysql2Error, "Invalid date: %s", row[i]);
               val = Qnil;
             } else {
-              val = rb_funcall(rb_cTime, db_timezone, 6, INT2NUM(year), INT2NUM(month), INT2NUM(day), INT2NUM(hour), INT2NUM(min), INT2NUM(sec));
-              if (!NIL_P(app_timezone)) {
-                if (app_timezone == intern_local) {
-                  val = rb_funcall(val, intern_localtime, 0);
-                } else { // utc
-                  val = rb_funcall(val, intern_utc, 0);
+              if (year < 1902 || year+month+day > 2058) { // use DateTime instead
+                VALUE offset = INT2NUM(0);
+                if (db_timezone == intern_local) {
+                  offset = rb_funcall(cMysql2Client, intern_local_offset, 0);
+                }
+                val = rb_funcall(cDateTime, intern_civil, 7, INT2NUM(year), INT2NUM(month), INT2NUM(day), INT2NUM(hour), INT2NUM(min), INT2NUM(sec), offset);
+                if (!NIL_P(app_timezone)) {
+                  if (app_timezone == intern_local) {
+                    offset = rb_funcall(cMysql2Client, intern_local_offset, 0);
+                    val = rb_funcall(val, intern_new_offset, 1, offset);
+                  } else { // utc
+                    val = rb_funcall(val, intern_new_offset, 1, opt_utc_offset);
+                  }
+                }
+              } else {
+                val = rb_funcall(rb_cTime, db_timezone, 6, INT2NUM(year), INT2NUM(month), INT2NUM(day), INT2NUM(hour), INT2NUM(min), INT2NUM(sec));
+                if (!NIL_P(app_timezone)) {
+                  if (app_timezone == intern_local) {
+                    val = rb_funcall(val, intern_localtime, 0);
+                  } else { // utc
+                    val = rb_funcall(val, intern_utc, 0);
+                  }
                 }
               }
             }
@@ -420,11 +436,14 @@ void init_mysql2_result() {
   intern_encoding_from_charset = rb_intern("encoding_from_charset");
   intern_encoding_from_charset_code = rb_intern("encoding_from_charset_code");
 
-  intern_new        = rb_intern("new");
-  intern_utc        = rb_intern("utc");
-  intern_local      = rb_intern("local");
-  intern_merge      = rb_intern("merge");
-  intern_localtime  = rb_intern("localtime");
+  intern_new          = rb_intern("new");
+  intern_utc          = rb_intern("utc");
+  intern_local        = rb_intern("local");
+  intern_merge        = rb_intern("merge");
+  intern_localtime    = rb_intern("localtime");
+  intern_local_offset = rb_intern("local_offset");
+  intern_civil        = rb_intern("civil");
+  intern_new_offset   = rb_intern("new_offset");
 
   sym_symbolize_keys  = ID2SYM(rb_intern("symbolize_keys"));
   sym_as              = ID2SYM(rb_intern("as"));
@@ -441,6 +460,7 @@ void init_mysql2_result() {
   opt_float_zero = rb_float_new((double)0);
   opt_time_year = INT2NUM(2000);
   opt_time_month = INT2NUM(1);
+  opt_utc_offset = INT2NUM(0);
 
 #ifdef HAVE_RUBY_ENCODING_H
   binaryEncoding = rb_enc_find("binary");
diff --git a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
index b5ee9cd..e4ab71d 100644
--- a/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ module ActiveRecord
   class Base
     def self.mysql2_connection(config)
       config[:username] = 'root' if config[:username].nil?
+
+      if Mysql2::Client.const_defined? :FOUND_ROWS
+        config[:flags] = Mysql2::Client::FOUND_ROWS
+      end
+
       client = Mysql2::Client.new(config.symbolize_keys)
       options = [config[:host], config[:username], config[:password], config[:database], config[:port], config[:socket], 0]
       ConnectionAdapters::Mysql2Adapter.new(client, logger, options, config)
diff --git a/lib/mysql2.rb b/lib/mysql2.rb
index 6bdadb6..934b92e 100644
--- a/lib/mysql2.rb
+++ b/lib/mysql2.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # encoding: UTF-8
 require 'date'
 require 'bigdecimal'
+require 'rational' unless RUBY_VERSION >= '1.9.2'
 
 require 'mysql2/error'
 require 'mysql2/mysql2'
@@ -12,5 +13,5 @@ require 'mysql2/field'
 #
 # A modern, simple and very fast Mysql library for Ruby - binding to libmysql
 module Mysql2
-  VERSION = "0.2.2"
+  VERSION = "0.2.3"
 end
diff --git a/lib/mysql2/client.rb b/lib/mysql2/client.rb
index cbb6a60..732508d 100644
--- a/lib/mysql2/client.rb
+++ b/lib/mysql2/client.rb
@@ -224,5 +224,10 @@ module Mysql2
         end
       end
     end
+
+    private
+      def self.local_offset
+        ::Time.local(2010).utc_offset.to_r / 86400
+      end
   end
 end
diff --git a/mysql2.gemspec b/mysql2.gemspec
index f84097f..e49757f 100644
--- a/mysql2.gemspec
+++ b/mysql2.gemspec
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = %q{mysql2}
-  s.version = "0.2.2"
+  s.version = "0.2.3"
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Brian Lopez"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-08-19}
+  s.date = %q{2010-08-20}
   s.email = %q{seniorlopez@gmail.com}
   s.extensions = ["ext/mysql2/extconf.rb"]
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [
diff --git a/spec/mysql2/result_spec.rb b/spec/mysql2/result_spec.rb
index fd230cb..ee3820d 100644
--- a/spec/mysql2/result_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/mysql2/result_spec.rb
@@ -143,12 +143,17 @@ describe Mysql2::Result do
       @test_result['double_test'].should eql(10.3)
     end
 
-    it "should return Time for a DATETIME value" do
+    it "should return Time for a DATETIME value when within the supported range" do
       @test_result['date_time_test'].class.should eql(Time)
       @test_result['date_time_test'].strftime("%F %T").should eql('2010-04-04 11:44:00')
     end
 
-    it "should return Time for a TIMESTAMP value" do
+    it "should return DateTime for a DATETIME value when outside the supported range" do
+      r = @client.query("SELECT CAST('1901-1-1 01:01:01' AS DATETIME) as test")
+      r.first['test'].class.should eql(DateTime)
+    end
+
+    it "should return Time for a TIMESTAMP value when within the supported range" do
       @test_result['timestamp_test'].class.should eql(Time)
       @test_result['timestamp_test'].strftime("%F %T").should eql('2010-04-04 11:44:00')
     end