diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 59d97c0..b1210f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ Change Log
 - Pagination: passing -1 as the page number now returns the last page
 - Accept datetime values for date fields (Zloool)
 - Support readonly mode in Database class (tswr)
+- Added support for the Buffer table engine (emakarov)
+- Added the SystemPart readonly model, which provides operations on partitions (M1ha)
+- Added Model.to_dict() that converts a model instance to a dictionary (M1ha)
+- Added Database.raw() to perform arbitrary queries (M1ha)
 
 v0.7.1
 ------
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4842360..9db0ab1 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -330,7 +330,8 @@ You can create array fields containing any data type, for example::
 Working with materialized and alias fields
 ******************************************
 
-ClickHouse provides an opportunity to create MATERIALIZED and ALIAS fields.
+ClickHouse provides an opportunity to create MATERIALIZED and ALIAS Fields.
+
 See documentation `here <https://clickhouse.yandex/reference_en.html#Default values>`_.
 
 Both field types can't be inserted into the database directly, so they are ignored when using the ``Database.insert()`` method.
@@ -379,6 +380,30 @@ For a ``SummingMergeTree`` you can optionally specify the summing columns::
     engine = engines.SummingMergeTree('EventDate', ('OrderID', 'EventDate', 'BannerID'),
                                       summing_cols=('Shows', 'Clicks', 'Cost'))
 
+A ``Buffer`` engine is available for BufferModels. (See below how to use BufferModel). You can specify following parameters::
+
+    engine = engines.Buffer(Person) # you need to initialize engine with main Model. Other default parameters will be used
+    # or:
+    engine = engines.Buffer(Person, num_layers=16, min_time=10, 
+                            max_time=100, min_rows=10000, max_rows=1000000, 
+                            min_bytes=10000000, max_bytes=100000000)
+
+Buffer Models
+-------------
+Here's how you can define Model for Buffer Engine. The Buffer Model should be inherited from models.BufferModel and main Model::
+
+    class PersonBuffer(models.BufferModel, Person):
+
+        engine = engines.Buffer(Person)
+
+Then you can insert objects into Buffer model and they will be handled by Clickhouse properly::
+
+    db.create_table(PersonBuffer)
+    suzy = PersonBuffer(first_name='Suzy', last_name='Jones')
+    dan = PersonBuffer(first_name='Dan', last_name='Schwartz')
+    db.insert([dan, suzy])
+
+
 Data Replication
 ****************
 
@@ -400,6 +425,7 @@ After cloning the project, run the following commands::
 To run the tests, ensure that the ClickHouse server is running on http://localhost:8123/ (this is the default), and run::
 
     bin/nosetests
+=======
 
 To see test coverage information run::
 
diff --git a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/engines.py b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/engines.py
index 3f4870b..7c9a94c 100644
--- a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/engines.py
+++ b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/engines.py
@@ -62,3 +62,30 @@ class SummingMergeTree(MergeTree):
             params.append('(%s)' % ', '.join(self.summing_cols))
         return params
 
+
+class Buffer(Engine):
+    """Here we define Buffer engine
+    Read more here https://clickhouse.yandex/reference_en.html#Buffer
+    """
+    
+    #Buffer(database, table, num_layers, min_time, max_time, min_rows, max_rows, min_bytes, max_bytes)
+    def __init__(self, main_model, num_layers=16, min_time=10, max_time=100, min_rows=10000, max_rows=1000000, min_bytes=10000000, max_bytes=100000000):
+        self.main_model = main_model
+        self.num_layers = num_layers
+        self.min_time = min_time
+        self.max_time = max_time
+        self.min_rows = min_rows
+        self.max_rows = max_rows
+        self.min_bytes = min_bytes
+        self.max_bytes = max_bytes
+
+
+    def create_table_sql(self, db_name):
+        # Overriden create_table_sql example: 
+        #sql = 'ENGINE = Buffer(merge, hits, 16, 10, 100, 10000, 1000000, 10000000, 100000000)'
+        sql = 'ENGINE = Buffer(`%s`, `%s`, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d, %d)' % (
+                   db_name, self.main_model.table_name(), self.num_layers,
+                   self.min_time, self.max_time, self.min_rows,
+                   self.max_rows, self.min_bytes, self.max_bytes
+              )
+        return sql
diff --git a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py
index 1113dd6..3fa49ec 100644
--- a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py
+++ b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/fields.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class DateField(Field):
 
     def to_python(self, value, timezone_in_use):
         if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
-            return value.date()
+            return value.astimezone(pytz.utc).date() if value.tzinfo else value.date()
         if isinstance(value, datetime.date):
             return value
         if isinstance(value, int):
diff --git a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/models.py b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/models.py
index 6b82244..a6163f7 100644
--- a/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/models.py
+++ b/src/infi/clickhouse_orm/models.py
@@ -202,3 +202,16 @@ class Model(with_metaclass(ModelBase)):
 
         data = self.__dict__
         return {name: data[name] for name, field in fields}
+
+        
+class BufferModel(Model):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_table_sql(cls, db_name):
+        '''
+        Returns the SQL command for creating a table for this model.
+        '''
+        parts = ['CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `%s`.`%s` AS `%s`.`%s`' % (db_name, cls.table_name(), db_name, cls.engine.main_model.table_name())]
+        engine_str = cls.engine.create_table_sql(db_name)
+        parts.append(engine_str)
+        return ' '.join(parts)
diff --git a/tests/test_database.py b/tests/test_database.py
index aa7a4df..62b340b 100644
--- a/tests/test_database.py
+++ b/tests/test_database.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 from infi.clickhouse_orm.database import Database, DatabaseException
-from infi.clickhouse_orm.models import Model
+from infi.clickhouse_orm.models import Model, BufferModel
 from infi.clickhouse_orm.fields import *
 from infi.clickhouse_orm.engines import *
 
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@ class DatabaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         self.database = Database('test-db')
         self.database.create_table(Person)
+        self.database.create_table(PersonBuffer)
 
     def tearDown(self):
+        self.database.drop_table(PersonBuffer)
         self.database.drop_table(Person)
         self.database.drop_database()
 
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ class DatabaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         for instance in data:
             self.assertEquals(self.database, instance.get_database())
 
+    def _insert_and_check_buffer(self, data, count):
+        self.database.insert(data)
+        self.assertEquals(count, self.database.count(PersonBuffer))
+
     def test_insert__generator(self):
         self._insert_and_check(self._sample_data(), len(data))
 
@@ -137,6 +143,9 @@ class DatabaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             self.database.drop_database()
         self.database = orig_database
 
+    def test_insert_buffer(self):
+        self._insert_and_check_buffer(self._sample_buffer_data(), len(data))
+
     def _sample_data(self):
         for entry in data:
             yield Person(**entry)
@@ -160,6 +169,11 @@ class DatabaseTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         with self.assertRaises(DatabaseException):
             self.database.drop_table(ReadOnlyModel)
 
+    def _sample_buffer_data(self):
+        for entry in data:
+            yield PersonBuffer(**entry)
+
+
 
 class Person(Model):
 
@@ -177,6 +191,11 @@ class ReadOnlyModel(Model):
     name = StringField()
 
 
+class PersonBuffer(BufferModel, Person):
+    
+    engine = Buffer(Person)    
+
+
 
 data = [
     {"first_name": "Abdul", "last_name": "Hester", "birthday": "1970-12-02", "height": "1.63"},
diff --git a/tests/test_simple_fields.py b/tests/test_simple_fields.py
index c955574..2d1f2ab 100644
--- a/tests/test_simple_fields.py
+++ b/tests/test_simple_fields.py
@@ -38,6 +38,27 @@ class SimpleFieldsTest(unittest.TestCase):
             with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
                 f.to_python(value, pytz.utc)
 
+    def test_date_field(self):
+        f = DateField()
+        epoch = date(1970, 1, 1)
+        # Valid values
+        for value in (datetime(1970, 1, 1), epoch, '1970-01-01', '0000-00-00', 0):
+            d = f.to_python(value, pytz.utc)
+            self.assertEquals(d, epoch)
+            # Verify that conversion to and from db string does not change value
+            d2 = f.to_python(f.to_db_string(d, quote=False), pytz.utc)
+            self.assertEquals(d, d2)
+        # Invalid values
+        for value in ('nope', '21/7/1999', 0.5):
+            with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+                f.to_python(value, pytz.utc)
+
+    def test_date_field_timezone(self):
+        # Verify that conversion of timezone-aware datetime is correct
+        f = DateField()
+        dt = datetime(2017, 10, 5, tzinfo=pytz.timezone('Asia/Jerusalem'))
+        self.assertEquals(f.to_python(dt, pytz.utc), date(2017, 10, 4))
+
     def test_uint8_field(self):
         f = UInt8Field()
         # Valid values
diff --git a/tests/test_system_models.py b/tests/test_system_models.py
index 756e5cd..544713b 100644
--- a/tests/test_system_models.py
+++ b/tests/test_system_models.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class SystemPartTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.database.drop_database()
 
     def _get_backups(self):
+        if not os.path.exists(self.BACKUP_DIR):
+            return []
         _, dirnames, _ = next(os.walk(self.BACKUP_DIR))
         return dirnames