diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/activities/ItemActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/activities/ItemActivity.java
index 7293a22c..afa79e07 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/activities/ItemActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/activities/ItemActivity.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class ItemActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
         this.itemWithFeed = itemWithFeed;
         Item item = itemWithFeed.getItem();
 
-        date.setText(DateUtils.formatedDateTimeByLocal(item.getPubDate()));
+        date.setText(DateUtils.formattedDateTimeByLocal(item.getPubDate()));
 
         if (item.getImageLink() == null)
             toolbar.setTitle(itemWithFeed.getFeedName());
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/adapters/MainItemListAdapter.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/adapters/MainItemListAdapter.java
index 0cbba064..fa18d3f8 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/adapters/MainItemListAdapter.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/adapters/MainItemListAdapter.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class MainItemListAdapter extends PagedListAdapter<ItemWithFeed, MainItem
             Item item = itemWithFeed.getItem();
 
             binding.itemTitle.setText(item.getTitle());
-            binding.itemDate.setText(DateUtils.formatedDateByLocal(item.getPubDate()));
+            binding.itemDate.setText(DateUtils.formattedDateByLocal(item.getPubDate()));
             binding.itemFeedName.setText(itemWithFeed.getFeedName());
 
             if (item.getCleanDescription() != null) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/repositories/LocalFeedRepository.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/repositories/LocalFeedRepository.java
index 9af0ffae..c84407ef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/repositories/LocalFeedRepository.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/repositories/LocalFeedRepository.java
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import com.readrops.readropslibrary.localfeed.atom.ATOMFeed;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.localfeed.json.JSONFeed;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.localfeed.rss.RSSFeed;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.utils.LibUtils;
+import com.readrops.readropslibrary.utils.ParseException;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.utils.UnknownFormatException;
 
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/DateUtils.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/DateUtils.java
index b74e40ae..a2302145 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/DateUtils.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/DateUtils.java
@@ -1,36 +1,51 @@
 package com.readrops.app.utils;
 
-import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Locale;
-
 import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
 import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormat;
 import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import org.joda.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
 
 public final class DateUtils {
 
-    public static final String RSS_ALTERNATIVE_DATE_FORMAT_REGEX = "^[a-zA-Z]{3}, [0-9]{2} [a-zA-Z]{3} [0-9]{4} [0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2} Z$";
+    /**
+     * Base of common RSS 2 date formats.
+     * Examples :
+     * Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:21:46 GMT
+     * Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:21:46 +0000
+     */
+    private static final String RSS_2_BASE_PATTERN = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss ";
 
-    public static final String RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";
-    public static final String RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT_2 = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z";
-    public static final String RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT_3 = "EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss 'Z'";
+    private static final String GMT_PATTERN = "ZZZ";
 
-    public static final String ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX";
+    private static final String OFFSET_PATTERN = "Z";
 
-    public static LocalDateTime stringToDateTime(String value, String pattern) throws ParseException {
-        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.ENGLISH);
-        return new LocalDateTime(formatter.parse(value));
+    /**
+     * Date pattern for format : 2019-01-04T22:21:46+00:00
+     */
+    private static final String ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss";
+
+    public static LocalDateTime stringToLocalDateTime(String value) {
+        DateTimeFormatter formatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+                .appendOptional(DateTimeFormat.forPattern(RSS_2_BASE_PATTERN).getParser())
+                .appendOptional(DateTimeFormat.forPattern(ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT).getParser())
+                .appendOptional(DateTimeFormat.forPattern(GMT_PATTERN).getParser())
+                .appendOptional(DateTimeFormat.forPattern(OFFSET_PATTERN).getParser())
+                .toFormatter()
+                .withLocale(Locale.ENGLISH)
+                .withOffsetParsed();
+
+        return formatter.parseLocalDateTime(value);
     }
 
-    public static String formatedDateByLocal(LocalDateTime dateTime) {
-        DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, Locale.getDefault());
-
-        return df.format(dateTime.toDate());
+    public static String formattedDateByLocal(LocalDateTime dateTime) {
+        return DateTimeFormat.mediumDate()
+                .withLocale(Locale.getDefault())
+                .print(dateTime);
     }
 
-    public static String formatedDateTimeByLocal(LocalDateTime dateTime) {
+    public static String formattedDateTimeByLocal(LocalDateTime dateTime) {
         return DateTimeFormat.forPattern("dd MMM yyyy · HH:mm")
                 .withLocale(Locale.getDefault())
                 .print(dateTime);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java
index 13bb709b..b203b795 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/readrops/app/utils/ItemMatcher.java
@@ -9,15 +9,14 @@ import com.readrops.readropslibrary.localfeed.rss.RSSItem;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.localfeed.rss.RSSMediaContent;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.services.freshrss.json.FreshRSSItem;
 import com.readrops.readropslibrary.services.nextcloudnews.json.NextNewsItem;
+import com.readrops.readropslibrary.utils.ParseException;
 
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
 import org.jsoup.Jsoup;
 
-import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public final class ItemMatcher {
 
@@ -75,31 +74,16 @@ public final class ItemMatcher {
             newItem.setGuid(item.getGuid());
             newItem.setTitle(Jsoup.parse(item.getTitle()).text().trim());
 
-            // I wish I hadn't done that...
-            if (Pattern.compile(DateUtils.RSS_ALTERNATIVE_DATE_FORMAT_REGEX).matcher(item.getDate()).matches())
-                newItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToDateTime(item.getDate(), DateUtils.RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT_3));
-            else {
-                try {
-                    newItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToDateTime(item.getDate(), DateUtils.RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT_2));
-                } catch (ParseException e) {
-                    e.printStackTrace();
-                } finally {
-                    if (newItem.getPubDate() == null) {
-                        try {
-                            newItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToDateTime(item.getDate(), DateUtils.RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT));
-                        } catch (ParseException e) {
-                            e.printStackTrace();
-                        } finally {
-                            newItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToDateTime(item.getDate(), DateUtils.ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT));
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
+            try {
+                newItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime(item.getDate()));
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new ParseException();
             }
 
             newItem.setLink(item.getLink());
             newItem.setFeedId(feed.getId());
 
-            if (item.getMediaContents() != null && item.getMediaContents().size() > 0) {
+            if (item.getMediaContents() != null && !item.getMediaContents().isEmpty()) {
                 for (RSSMediaContent mediaContent : item.getMediaContents()) {
                     if (mediaContent.getMedium() != null && Utils.isTypeImage(mediaContent.getMedium())) {
                         newItem.setImageLink(mediaContent.getUrl());
@@ -135,7 +119,11 @@ public final class ItemMatcher {
             dbItem.setGuid(item.getId());
             dbItem.setTitle(Jsoup.parse(item.getTitle()).text().trim());
 
-            dbItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToDateTime(item.getUpdated(), DateUtils.ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT));
+            try {
+                dbItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime(item.getUpdated()));
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new ParseException();
+            }
             dbItem.setLink(item.getUrl());
 
             dbItem.setFeedId(feed.getId());
@@ -160,7 +148,11 @@ public final class ItemMatcher {
             dbItem.setGuid(item.getId());
             dbItem.setTitle(Jsoup.parse(item.getTitle()).text().trim());
 
-            dbItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToDateTime(item.getPubDate(), DateUtils.ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT));
+            try {
+                dbItem.setPubDate(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime(item.getPubDate()));
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new ParseException();
+            }
 
             dbItem.setLink(item.getUrl());
 
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/DateUtilsTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/DateUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ecfc545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/DateUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package com.readrops.app;
+
+import com.readrops.app.utils.DateUtils;
+
+import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
+ *
+ * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
+ */
+public class DateUtilsTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void rssDateTest() {
+        LocalDateTime dateTime = new LocalDateTime(2019, 1, 4, 22, 21, 46);
+
+        assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime("Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:21:46 GMT")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void rssDate2Test() {
+        LocalDateTime dateTime = new LocalDateTime(2019, 1, 4, 22, 21, 46);
+
+        assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime("Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:21:46 +0000")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void atomJsonDateTest() {
+        LocalDateTime dateTime = new LocalDateTime(2019, 1, 4, 22, 21, 46);
+
+        assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime("2019-01-04T22:21:46+00:00")));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void atomJsonDate2Test() {
+        LocalDateTime dateTime = new LocalDateTime(2019, 1, 4, 22, 21, 46);
+
+        assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToLocalDateTime("2019-01-04T22:21:46-0000")));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/ExampleUnitTest.java b/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/ExampleUnitTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 2aed6884..00000000
--- a/app/src/test/java/com/readrops/app/ExampleUnitTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-package com.readrops.app;
-
-import com.readrops.app.utils.DateUtils;
-
-import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
-import org.joda.time.LocalDateTime;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import java.text.ParseException;
-
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
-
-/**
- * Example local unit test, which will execute on the development machine (host).
- *
- * @see <a href="http://d.android.com/tools/testing">Testing documentation</a>
- */
-public class ExampleUnitTest {
-
-    @Test
-    public void rssDateTest() {
-        try {
-            LocalDateTime dateTime = new LocalDateTime(2019, 1, 4, 22, 21, 46);
-
-            assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToDateTime("Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:21:46 +0000", DateUtils.RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT)));
-            assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToDateTime("Fri, 04 Jan 2019 22:21:46 GMT", DateUtils.RSS_2_DATE_FORMAT_2)));
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void atomJsonDateTest() {
-        try {
-            LocalDateTime dateTime = new LocalDateTime(2019, 1, 4, 22, 21, 46);
-
-            assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToDateTime("2019-01-04T22:21:46+00:00", DateUtils.ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT)));
-            assertEquals(0, dateTime.compareTo(DateUtils.stringToDateTime("2019-01-04T22:21:46-0000", DateUtils.ATOM_JSON_DATE_FORMAT)));
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    public void timeStamptoDateTest() {
-        LocalDateTime localDateTime = new LocalDateTime(1367270544 * 1000L, DateTimeZone.getDefault());
-
-        assertEquals(0, localDateTime.compareTo(new LocalDateTime(2013, 4, 29, 21, 22, 24)));
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/readropslibrary/src/main/java/com/readrops/readropslibrary/utils/ParseException.java b/readropslibrary/src/main/java/com/readrops/readropslibrary/utils/ParseException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67d60f1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/readropslibrary/src/main/java/com/readrops/readropslibrary/utils/ParseException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package com.readrops.readropslibrary.utils;
+
+public class ParseException extends Exception {
+
+}