diff --git a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Entry.php b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Entry.php
index 37d0bcfae95..138c2e9222a 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Entry.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Entry.php
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\Atom;
 
-use DateTime;
 use DOMDocument;
 use DOMElement;
 use stdClass;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Collection;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension;
+use Zend\Stdlib\DateTime;
 use Zend\Uri;
 
 /**
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public function getDateCreated()
         }
 
         if ($dateCreated) {
-            $date = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $dateCreated);
+            $date = DateTime::createFromISO8601($dateCreated);
         }
 
         $this->data['datecreated'] = $date;
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public function getDateModified()
         }
 
         if ($dateModified) {
-            $date = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $dateModified);
+            $date = DateTime::createFromISO8601($dateModified);
         }
 
         $this->data['datemodified'] = $date;
diff --git a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Feed.php b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Feed.php
index 6519eb35010..8e9ae59e900 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Feed.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/Atom/Feed.php
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\Atom;
 
-use DateTime;
 use DOMElement;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Collection;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension;
+use Zend\Stdlib\DateTime;
 use Zend\Uri;
 
 /**
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public function getDateCreated()
         }
 
         if ($dateCreated) {
-            $date = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $dateCreated);
+            $date = DateTime::createFromISO8601($dateCreated);
         }
 
         $this->data['datecreated'] = $date;
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public function getDateModified()
         }
 
         if ($dateModified) {
-            $date = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $dateModified);
+            $date = DateTime::createFromISO8601($dateModified);
         }
 
         $this->data['datemodified'] = $date;
diff --git a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Entry.php b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Entry.php
index 13efd23b262..b7b30ca5292 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Entry.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Entry.php
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\DublinCore;
 
-use DateTime;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Collection;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension;
+use Zend\Stdlib\DateTime;
 
 /**
 * @category Zend
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public function getDate()
         }
 
         if ($date) {
-            $d = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $date);
+            $d = DateTime::createFromISO8601($date);
         }
 
         $this->data['date'] = $d;
diff --git a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Feed.php b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Feed.php
index a853e6d9b02..bbf8e030835 100644
--- a/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Feed.php
+++ b/library/Zend/Feed/Reader/Extension/DublinCore/Feed.php
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 namespace Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension\DublinCore;
 
-use DateTime;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Collection;
 use Zend\Feed\Reader\Extension;
+use Zend\Stdlib\DateTime;
 
 /**
 * @category Zend
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public function getDate()
         }
 
         if ($date) {
-            $d = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, $date);
+            $d = DateTime::createFromISO8601($date);
         }
 
         $this->data['date'] = $d;
diff --git a/library/Zend/Stdlib/DateTime.php b/library/Zend/Stdlib/DateTime.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..032fc94ff91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Zend/Stdlib/DateTime.php
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_Stdlib
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Stdlib;
+
+use DateTimeZone;
+
+/**
+ * DateTime
+ *
+ * An extension of the \DateTime object.
+ *
+ * @category   Zend
+ * @package    Zend_Stdlib
+ */
+class DateTime extends \DateTime
+{
+    /**
+     * The DateTime::ISO8601 constant used by php's native DateTime object does
+     * not allow for fractions of a second. This function better handles ISO8601
+     * formatted date strings.
+     *
+     * @param  string       $time
+     * @param  DateTimeZone $timezone
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public static function createFromISO8601($time, DateTimeZone $timezone = null)
+    {
+        $format = self::ISO8601;
+        if (isset($time[19]) && $time[19] === '.') {
+            $format = 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uO';
+        }
+
+        if ($timezone !== null) {
+            return self::createFromFormat($format, $time, $timezone);
+        }
+
+        return self::createFromFormat($format, $time);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/ZendTest/Stdlib/DateTimeTest.php b/tests/ZendTest/Stdlib/DateTimeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6c2e05534b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/ZendTest/Stdlib/DateTimeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @link      http://github.com/zendframework/zf2 for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2005-2013 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd New BSD License
+ * @package   Zend_Stdlib
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Stdlib;
+
+use Zend\Stdlib\DateTime;
+
+/**
+ * @category   Zend
+ * @package    Zend_Stdlib
+ * @subpackage UnitTests
+ * @group      Zend_Stdlib
+ */
+class DateTimeTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public $dateTime;
+
+    public function testCreatesIS08601WithoutFractionalSeconds()
+    {
+        $time = '2009-03-07T08:03:50Z';
+
+        $date = DateTime::createFromISO8601($time);
+
+        $this->assertEquals( \DateTime::createFromFormat(\DateTime::ISO8601, $time), $date);
+    }
+
+    public function testCreatesIS08601WithFractionalSeconds()
+    {
+        $time = '2009-03-07T08:03:50.012Z';
+
+        $date = DateTime::createFromISO8601($time);
+
+        $standard = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uO', $time);
+
+        $this->assertEquals( $standard, $date);
+    }
+}