diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index cafb6ba..fc790c5 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -547,9 +547,10 @@
 	 * @param	string	timezone
 	 * @param	string	classname
 	 * @param	string	menu name
+	 * @param	mixed	attributes
 	 * @return	string
 	 */
-	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = '', $name = 'timezones')
+	function timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = '', $name = 'timezones', $attributes = '')
 	{
 		$CI =& get_instance();
 		$CI->lang->load('date');
@@ -563,7 +564,22 @@
 			$menu .= ' class="'.$class.'"';
 		}
 
-		$menu .= ">\n";
+		// Generate a string from the attributes submitted, if any
+		if (is_array($attributes))
+		{
+			$atts = '';
+			foreach ($attributes as $key => $val)
+			{
+				$atts .= ' '.$key.'="'.$val.'"';
+			}
+			$attributes = $atts;
+		}
+		elseif (is_string($attributes) && strlen($attributes) > 0)
+		{
+			$attributes = ' '.$attributes;
+		}
+
+		$menu .= $attributes.">\n";
 
 		foreach (timezones() as $key => $val)
 		{
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
index 29084ed..28e2f94 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 	 - ``set_realpath()`` can now also handle file paths as opposed to just directories.
 	 - Added an optional paramater to ``delete_files()`` to enable it to skip deleting files such as .htaccess and index.html.
 	 - ``read_file()`` is now a deprecated alias of ``file_get_contents()``.
+   -  :doc:`Date Helper <helpers/date_helper>` Added optional fourth parameter to ``timezone_menu()`` that allows more attributes to be added to the generated select tag
 
 -  Database
 
diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
index b6dc2e9..ba07939 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
 local_to_gmt()
 ==============
 
-Takes a Unix timestamp as input and returns it as GMT. 
+Takes a Unix timestamp as input and returns it as GMT.
 
 .. php:method:: local_to_gmt($time = '')
 
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 mysql_to_unix()
 ===============
 
-Takes a MySQL Timestamp as input and returns it as Unix. 
+Takes a MySQL Timestamp as input and returns it as Unix.
 
 .. php:method:: mysql_to_unix($time = '')
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
 The opposite of the above function. Takes a "human" time as input and
 returns it as Unix. This function is useful if you accept "human"
 formatted dates submitted via a form. Returns FALSE (boolean) if the
-date string passed to it is not formatted as indicated above. 
+date string passed to it is not formatted as indicated above.
 
 .. php:method:: human_to_unix($datestr = '')
 
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@
 
 The function will return a Unix timestamp by default. You can,
 optionally, pass a format string (the same type as the PHP date function
-accepts) as the second parameter. 
+accepts) as the second parameter.
 
-.. php:method:: nice_date($bad_date = '', $format = FALSE) 
+.. php:method:: nice_date($bad_date = '', $format = FALSE)
 
 	:param integer 	$bad_date: The terribly formatted date-like string
 	:param string 	$format: Date format to return (same as php date function)
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@
 
 The first parameter must contain a Unix timestamp. The second parameter
 must contain a timestamp that is greater that the first timestamp. If
-the second parameter empty, the current time will be used. The third 
-parameter is optional and limits the number of time units to display. 
-The most common purpose for this function is to show how much time has 
-elapsed from some point in time in the past to now. 
+the second parameter empty, the current time will be used. The third
+parameter is optional and limits the number of time units to display.
+The most common purpose for this function is to show how much time has
+elapsed from some point in time in the past to now.
 
 .. php:method:: timespan($seconds = 1, $time = '', $units = '')
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@
 ===============
 
 Returns the number of days in a given month/year. Takes leap years into
-account. 
+account.
 
 .. php:method:: days_in_month($month = 0, $year = '')
 
@@ -390,14 +390,15 @@
 The first parameter lets you set the "selected" state of the menu. For
 example, to set Pacific time as the default you will do this
 
-.. php:method:: timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = "", $name = 'timezones')
+.. php:method:: timezone_menu($default = 'UTC', $class = '', $name = 'timezones', $attributes = '')
 
 	:param string 	$default: timezone
 	:param string	$class: classname
 	:param string	$name: menu name
+	:param mixed	$attributes: attributes
 	:returns: string
 
-Example: 
+Example:
 
 ::
 
@@ -407,6 +408,8 @@
 
 The second parameter lets you set a CSS class name for the menu.
 
+The fourth parameter lets you set one or more attributes on the generated select tag.
+
 .. note:: The text contained in the menu is found in the following
 	language file: `language/<your_lang>/date_lang.php`