diff --git a/izzylib/http_server_async/misc.py b/izzylib/http_server_async/misc.py
index b06e83f..6f20b32 100644
--- a/izzylib/http_server_async/misc.py
+++ b/izzylib/http_server_async/misc.py
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ class Headers(DotDict):
 			logging.warning('Do not set the "Cookie" or "Set-Cookie" headers')
 			return
 
+		elif key == 'Date':
+			value = DateItem(value)
+
 		try:
 			self[key].append(value)
 
@@ -54,6 +57,15 @@ class Headers(DotDict):
 			super().__setitem__(key, HeaderItem(key, value))
 
 
+	def as_dict(self):
+		data = {}
+
+		for k,v in self.items():
+			data[k] = str(v)
+
+		return data
+
+
 	def getone(self, key, default=None):
 		try:
 			return self[key].one()
@@ -298,3 +310,23 @@ class HeaderItem(list):
 	def update(self, *items):
 		for item in items:
 			self.append(item)
+
+
+class DateItem(str):
+	_datetime = None
+
+	def __new__(cls, date):
+		new_date = str.__new__(cls, date)
+		new_date._datetime = datetime.strptime(date, '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S GMT').replace(tzinfo=UtcTime)
+		return new_date
+
+
+	@property
+	def utc(self):
+		return self._datetime.astimezone(UtcTime)
+
+
+	@property
+	def local(self):
+		return self._datetime.astimezone(LocalTime)
+
diff --git a/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py b/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py
index 1ca10d8..e04784e 100644
--- a/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py
+++ b/izzylib/http_server_async/request.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ LocalTime = datetime.now(UtcTime).astimezone().tzinfo
 
 class Request:
 	__slots__ = [
-		'_body', '_form', '_reader', 'app', 'address',
-		'method', 'path', 'version', 'headers', 'cookies',
+		'_body', '_form', '_reader', '_method', 'app', 'address',
+		'path', 'version', 'headers', 'cookies',
 		'query', 'raw_query'
 	]
 
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class Request:
 		self._reader = reader
 		self._body = b''
 		self._form = DotDict()
+		self._method = None
 
 		self.headers = Headers()
 		self.cookies = Cookies()
@@ -34,7 +35,6 @@ class Request:
 
 		self.app = app
 		self.address = address
-		self.method = None
 		self.path = None
 		self.version = None
 		self.raw_query = None
@@ -50,16 +50,19 @@ class Request:
 
 	def __getattr__(self, key):
 		if key in self.__slots__:
-			return super().__getattr__(self, key)
+			return super().__getattribute__(self, key)
 
-		return self.ctx[key]
+		try:
+			return self.ctx[key]
+		except:
+			raise AttributeError(key)
 
 
 	def __setattr__(self, key, value):
-		if key in self.__slots__:
+		try:
 			super().__setattr__(key, value)
 
-		else:
+		except:
 			self.ctx[key] = value
 
 
@@ -101,6 +104,16 @@ class Request:
 		return self.headers.getone('X-Real-Ip', self.headers.getone('X-Forwarded-For', self.address))
 
 
+	@property
+	def method(self):
+		return self._method
+
+
+	@method.setter
+	def method(self, data):
+		self._method = data.upper()
+
+
 	async def read(self, length=2048, timeout=None):
 		try: return await asyncio.wait_for(self._reader.read(length), timeout or self.app.cfg.timeout)
 		except: return
@@ -118,6 +131,11 @@ class Request:
 
 
 	async def dict(self):
+		logging.warning('Request.dict will be removed in a future update')
+		return DotDict(await self.body())
+
+
+	async def json(self):
 		return DotDict(await self.body())