diff --git a/core/src/androidTest/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/tests/util/DateUtilsTest.java b/core/src/androidTest/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/tests/util/DateUtilsTest.java
index 2a2d6414a..7429b50b3 100644
--- a/core/src/androidTest/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/tests/util/DateUtilsTest.java
+++ b/core/src/androidTest/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/tests/util/DateUtilsTest.java
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ public class DateUtilsTest extends AndroidTestCase {
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
 
+    public void testParseDateWithTimezoneName2() throws Exception {
+        GregorianCalendar exp = new GregorianCalendar(2015, 2, 28, 6, 31, 0);
+        exp.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+        Date expected = new Date(exp.getTimeInMillis());
+        Date actual = DateUtils.parse("Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:31 EST");
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
     public void testParseDateWithTimeZoneOffset() throws Exception {
         GregorianCalendar exp = new GregorianCalendar(2015, 2, 28, 12, 16, 12);
         exp.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/DateUtils.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/DateUtils.java
index b6df2dc85..10512dd48 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/DateUtils.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/DateUtils.java
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ public class DateUtils {
                 "EEE, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z",
                 "EEEE, dd MMM yy HH:mm:ss Z",
                 "EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss yyyy",
+                "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm Z",
+                "EEE, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm Z",
+                "EEEE, dd MMM yy HH:mm Z",
+                "EEE MMM d HH:mm yyyy",
                 "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss",
                 "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS",
                 "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS Z",