diff --git a/src/View/Helper/DateFormat.php b/src/View/Helper/DateFormat.php
index 279f0b5c..da40cddd 100644
--- a/src/View/Helper/DateFormat.php
+++ b/src/View/Helper/DateFormat.php
@@ -105,18 +105,19 @@ public function getlocale()
     /**
      * Format a date.
      *
-     * @param  DateTime|integer|array $date
-     * @param  integer                $dateType
-     * @param  integer                $timeType
-     * @param  string                 $locale
+     * @param  DateTime|integer|array  $date
+     * @param  int                     $dateType
+     * @param  int                     $timeType
+     * @param  string                  $locale
+     * @param  string|null             $pattern
      * @return string
-     * @throws Exception\RuntimeException
      */
     public function __invoke(
         $date,
         $dateType = IntlDateFormatter::NONE,
         $timeType = IntlDateFormatter::NONE,
-        $locale   = null
+        $locale   = null,
+        $pattern  = null
     ) {
         if ($locale === null) {
             $locale = $this->getlocale();
@@ -130,7 +131,9 @@ public function __invoke(
                 $locale,
                 $dateType,
                 $timeType,
-                $timezone
+                $timezone,
+                IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
+                $pattern
             );
         }
 
diff --git a/src/View/Helper/Plural.php b/src/View/Helper/Plural.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..10faf2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/View/Helper/Plural.php
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_View
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\I18n\View\Helper;
+
+use Zend\I18n\Exception;
+use Zend\I18n\Translator\Plural\Rule as PluralRule;
+use Zend\View\Helper\AbstractHelper;
+
+/**
+ * Helper for rendering text based on a count number (like the I18n plural translation helper, but when translation
+ * is not needed).
+ *
+ * Please note that we did not write any hard-coded rules for languages, as languages can evolve, we prefered to
+ * let the developer define the rules himself, instead of potentially break applications if we change rules in the
+ * future.
+ *
+ * However, you can find most of the up-to-date plural rules for most languages in those links:
+ *      - http://unicode.org/repos/cldr-tmp/trunk/diff/supplemental/language_plural_rules.html
+ *      - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Localization_and_Plurals
+ *
+ * @category   Zend
+ * @package    Zend_I18n
+ * @subpackage View
+ */
+class Plural extends AbstractHelper
+{
+    /**
+     * Rule to use
+     *
+     * @var PluralRule
+     */
+    protected $rule;
+
+    /**
+     * Set the plural rule to use
+     *
+     * @param  PluralRule|string $pluralRule
+     * @return Plural
+     */
+    public function setPluralRule($pluralRule)
+    {
+        if (!$pluralRule instanceof PluralRule) {
+            $pluralRule = PluralRule::fromString($pluralRule);
+        }
+
+        $this->rule = $pluralRule;
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Given an array of strings, a number and, if wanted, an optional locale (the default one is used
+     * otherwise), this picks the right string according to plural rules of the locale
+     *
+     * @param  array|string $strings
+     * @param  int          $number
+     * @throws Exception\InvalidArgumentException
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function __invoke($strings, $number)
+    {
+        if ($this->rule === null) {
+            throw new Exception\InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'No plural rule was set'
+            ));
+        }
+
+        if (!is_array($strings)) {
+            $strings = (array) $strings;
+        }
+
+        $pluralIndex = $this->rule->evaluate($number);
+
+        return $strings[$pluralIndex];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/View/HelperConfig.php b/src/View/HelperConfig.php
index 3dfe2782..2034f194 100644
--- a/src/View/HelperConfig.php
+++ b/src/View/HelperConfig.php
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class HelperConfig implements ConfigInterface
         'currencyformat'  => 'Zend\I18n\View\Helper\CurrencyFormat',
         'dateformat'      => 'Zend\I18n\View\Helper\DateFormat',
         'numberformat'    => 'Zend\I18n\View\Helper\NumberFormat',
+        'plural'          => 'Zend\I18n\View\Helper\Plural',
         'translate'       => 'Zend\I18n\View\Helper\Translate',
         'translateplural' => 'Zend\I18n\View\Helper\TranslatePlural',
     );
diff --git a/test/Validator/FloatTest.php b/test/Validator/FloatTest.php
index c9f82e27..802e800b 100644
--- a/test/Validator/FloatTest.php
+++ b/test/Validator/FloatTest.php
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ public function basicProvider()
             array(0.01,   true),
             array(-0.1,   true),
             array('10.1', true),
+            array('5.00', true),
             array('10.0', true),
             array('10.10', true),
             array(1,      true),
diff --git a/test/View/Helper/DateFormatTest.php b/test/View/Helper/DateFormatTest.php
index 38873d57..4ed864ec 100644
--- a/test/View/Helper/DateFormatTest.php
+++ b/test/View/Helper/DateFormatTest.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function tearDown()
         unset($this->helper);
     }
 
-    public function currencyTestsDataProvider()
+    public function dateTestsDataProvider()
     {
         $date = new DateTime('2012-07-02T22:44:03Z');
         return array(
@@ -160,19 +160,62 @@ public function currencyTestsDataProvider()
         );
     }
 
+    public function dateTestsDataProviderWithPattern()
+    {
+        $date = new DateTime('2012-07-02T22:44:03Z');
+        return array(
+            // FULL format varies based on OS
+            // array(
+            //     'de_DE',
+            //     'Europe/Berlin',
+            //     IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
+            //     IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
+            //     $date,
+            //     'Dienstag, 3. Juli 2012 00:44:03 Deutschland',
+            // ),
+            array(
+                'de_DE',
+                'Europe/Berlin',
+                null,
+                null,
+                'MMMM',
+                $date,
+                'Juli',
+            ),
+            array(
+                'de_DE',
+                'Europe/Berlin',
+                null,
+                null,
+                'MMMM.Y',
+                $date,
+                'Juli.2012',
+            ),
+            array(
+                'de_DE',
+                'Europe/Berlin',
+                null,
+                null,
+                'dd/Y',
+                $date,
+                '03/2012',
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
-     * @dataProvider currencyTestsDataProvider
+     * @dataProvider dateTestsDataProvider
      */
     public function testBasic($locale, $timezone, $timeType, $dateType, $date, $expected)
     {
         $this->helper->setTimezone($timezone);
         $this->assertMbStringEquals($expected, $this->helper->__invoke(
-            $date, $dateType, $timeType, $locale
+            $date, $dateType, $timeType, $locale, null
         ));
     }
 
     /**
-     * @dataProvider currencyTestsDataProvider
+     * @dataProvider dateTestsDataProvider
      */
     public function testSettersProvideDefaults($locale, $timezone, $timeType, $dateType, $date, $expected)
     {
@@ -185,6 +228,17 @@ public function testSettersProvideDefaults($locale, $timezone, $timeType, $dateT
         ));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider dateTestsDataProviderWithPattern
+     */
+    public function testUseCustomPattern($locale, $timezone, $timeType, $dateType, $pattern, $date, $expected)
+    {
+        $this->helper->setTimezone($timezone);
+        $this->assertMbStringEquals($expected, $this->helper->__invoke(
+            $date, $dateType, $timeType, $locale, $pattern
+        ));
+    }
+
     public function testDefaultLocale()
     {
         $this->assertEquals(Locale::getDefault(), $this->helper->getLocale());
diff --git a/test/View/Helper/PluralTest.php b/test/View/Helper/PluralTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dbb0d37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/View/Helper/PluralTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_I18n
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\I18n\View\Helper;
+
+use Zend\I18n\Translator\Plural\Rule as PluralRule;
+use Zend\I18n\View\Helper\Plural as PluralHelper;
+
+/**
+ * @category   Zend
+ * @package    Zend_View
+ * @subpackage UnitTests
+ * @group      Zend_View
+ * @group      Zend_View_Helper
+ */
+class PluralTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @var PluralHelper
+     */
+    public $helper;
+
+    /**
+     * Sets up the fixture
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->helper = new PluralHelper();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function pluralsTestProvider()
+    {
+        return array(
+            array('nplurals=1; plural=0', 'かさ', 0, 'かさ'),
+            array('nplurals=1; plural=0', 'かさ', 10, 'かさ'),
+
+            array('nplurals=2; plural=(n==1 ? 0 : 1)', array('umbrella', 'umbrellas'), 0, 'umbrellas'),
+            array('nplurals=2; plural=(n==1 ? 0 : 1)', array('umbrella', 'umbrellas'), 1, 'umbrella'),
+            array('nplurals=2; plural=(n==1 ? 0 : 1)', array('umbrella', 'umbrellas'), 2, 'umbrellas'),
+
+            array('nplurals=2; plural=(n==0 || n==1 ? 0 : 1)', array('parapluie', 'parapluies'), 0, 'parapluie'),
+            array('nplurals=2; plural=(n==0 || n==1 ? 0 : 1)', array('parapluie', 'parapluies'), 1, 'parapluie'),
+            array('nplurals=2; plural=(n==0 || n==1 ? 0 : 1)', array('parapluie', 'parapluies'), 2, 'parapluies'),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider pluralsTestProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetCorrectPlurals($pluralRule, $strings, $number, $expected)
+    {
+        $this->helper->setPluralRule($pluralRule);
+        $result = $this->helper->__invoke($strings, $number);
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $result);
+    }
+}