diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java b/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java
index 84b70a67f..72f037c1c 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/activity/ItemviewActivity.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class ItemviewActivity extends SherlockActivity {
 
 		setTitle(item.getFeed().getTitle());
 
-		txtvPublished.setText(item.getPubDate());
+		//txtvPublished.setText(item.getPubDate()); TODO fix
 		txtvTitle.setText(item.getTitle());
 		if(item.getFeed().getImage() != null) {
 			imgvImage.setImageBitmap(item.getFeed().getImage().getImageBitmap());
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedItem.java b/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedItem.java
index 714a5bf9a..972195eb7 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedItem.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedItem.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package de.podfetcher.feed;
 
+import java.util.Date;
+
 
 /**
  * Data Object for a XML message
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ public class FeedItem extends FeedComponent{
 	private String title;
 	private String description;
 	private String link;
-	private String pubDate;
+	private Date pubDate;
 	private FeedMedia media;
 	private Feed feed;
 	private boolean read;
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ public class FeedItem extends FeedComponent{
 	}
 	
 	public FeedItem(String title, String description, String link,
-			String pubDate, FeedMedia media, Feed feed) {
+			Date pubDate, FeedMedia media, Feed feed) {
 		super();
 		this.title = title;
 		this.description = description;
@@ -55,11 +57,11 @@ public class FeedItem extends FeedComponent{
 		this.link = link;
 	}
 
-	public String getPubDate() {
+	public Date getPubDate() {
 		return pubDate;
 	}
 
-	public void setPubDate(String pubDate) {
+	public void setPubDate(Date pubDate) {
 		this.pubDate = pubDate;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedManager.java b/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedManager.java
index 1d448e8b8..c6913493b 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedManager.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/feed/FeedManager.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package de.podfetcher.feed;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 
 import de.podfetcher.storage.*;
 import android.content.Context;
@@ -251,8 +252,8 @@ public class FeedManager {
 						.getColumnIndex(PodDBAdapter.KEY_LINK)));
 				item.setDescription(itemlistCursor.getString(itemlistCursor
 						.getColumnIndex(PodDBAdapter.KEY_DESCRIPTION)));
-				item.setPubDate(itemlistCursor.getString(itemlistCursor
-						.getColumnIndex(PodDBAdapter.KEY_PUBDATE)));
+				item.setPubDate(new Date(itemlistCursor.getLong(itemlistCursor
+						.getColumnIndex(PodDBAdapter.KEY_PUBDATE))));
 				item.setMedia(adapter.getFeedMedia(itemlistCursor
 						.getLong(itemlistCursor
 								.getColumnIndex(PodDBAdapter.KEY_MEDIA)), item));
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/storage/PodDBAdapter.java b/src/de/podfetcher/storage/PodDBAdapter.java
index b2cdfb6a6..3548368df 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/storage/PodDBAdapter.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/storage/PodDBAdapter.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class PodDBAdapter {
 	private static final String CREATE_TABLE_FEED_ITEMS = "CREATE TABLE "
 			+ TABLE_NAME_FEED_ITEMS + " (" + TABLE_PRIMARY_KEY + KEY_TITLE
 			+ " TEXT," + KEY_LINK + " TEXT," + KEY_DESCRIPTION
-			+ " TEXT," + KEY_PUBDATE + " TEXT," + KEY_MEDIA
+			+ " TEXT," + KEY_PUBDATE + " INTEGER," + KEY_MEDIA
 			+ " INTEGER," + KEY_FEED + " INTEGER," + KEY_READ
 			+ " INTEGER)";
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class PodDBAdapter {
 		values.put(KEY_TITLE, item.getTitle());
 		values.put(KEY_LINK, item.getLink());
 		values.put(KEY_DESCRIPTION, item.getDescription());
-		values.put(KEY_PUBDATE, item.getPubDate());
+		values.put(KEY_PUBDATE, item.getPubDate().getTime());
 		if (item.getMedia() != null) {
 			if(item.getMedia().getId() == 0) {
 				setMedia(item.getMedia());
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java
index 36cad19cf..ece9f8674 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/atom/NSAtom.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import de.podfetcher.feed.FeedMedia;
 import de.podfetcher.syndication.handler.HandlerState;
 import de.podfetcher.syndication.namespace.Namespace;
 import de.podfetcher.syndication.namespace.SyndElement;
+import de.podfetcher.syndication.util.SyndDateUtils;
 
 public class NSAtom extends Namespace {
 	public static final String NSTAG = "atom";
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ public class NSAtom extends Namespace {
 				}
 			} else if (top.equals(PUBLISHED)) {
 				if (second.equals(ENTRY)) {
-					state.getCurrentItem().setPubDate(content);
+					state.getCurrentItem().setPubDate(SyndDateUtils.parseRFC3339Date(content));
 				}
 			} else if (top.equals(IMAGE)) {
 				state.getFeed().setImage(new FeedImage(content, null));
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
index aee611db0..573b46501 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/namespace/rss20/NSRSS20.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class NSRSS20 extends Namespace {
 					state.getCurrentItem().setLink(content);
 				}
 			} else if (top.equals(PUBDATE) && second.equals(ITEM)) {
-				state.getCurrentItem().setPubDate(content);
+				state.getCurrentItem().setPubDate(SyndDateUtils.parseRFC822Date(content));
 			} else if (top.equals(URL) && second.equals(IMAGE)) {
 				state.getFeed().getImage().setDownload_url(content);
 			}
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/util/SyndDateUtils.java b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/util/SyndDateUtils.java
index 457a1fb81..cfc9a01a7 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/util/SyndDateUtils.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/syndication/util/SyndDateUtils.java
@@ -49,7 +49,12 @@ public class SyndDateUtils {
 		Date result = null;
 		SimpleDateFormat format = null;
 		if (date.endsWith("Z")) {
-			format = new SimpleDateFormat(RFC3339UTC);	
+			format = new SimpleDateFormat(RFC3339UTC);
+			try {
+				result = format.parse(date);	
+			} catch (ParseException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
 		} else {
 			format = new SimpleDateFormat(RFC3339LOCAL);
 			// remove last colon
@@ -58,13 +63,15 @@ public class SyndDateUtils {
 			for (int x = 0; x < date.length(); x++) {
 				if (x != colonIdx) buf.append(date.charAt(x));
 			}
-			String bufStr = buf.toString();		
-		}
-		try {
-			result = format.parse(date);	
-		} catch (ParseException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			String bufStr = buf.toString();
+			try {
+				result = format.parse(bufStr);	
+			} catch (ParseException e) {
+				e.printStackTrace();
+			}
+			
 		}
+		
 		return result;
 		
 	}
diff --git a/src/de/podfetcher/util/Converter.java b/src/de/podfetcher/util/Converter.java
index 46fddb152..948007b6c 100644
--- a/src/de/podfetcher/util/Converter.java
+++ b/src/de/podfetcher/util/Converter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package de.podfetcher.util;
 
+import java.util.Date;
+
 import android.util.Log;
 
 /** Provides methods for converting various units. */
@@ -78,4 +80,9 @@ public final class Converter {
     	
     	return String.format("%02d:%02d", h, m);
     }
+    
+    /** Returns string that is supposed to be shown in the GUI. */
+    public static String getDateString(Date date) {
+    	return null;
+    }
 }