diff --git a/classes/feeds.php b/classes/feeds.php
index d2a41266f49d2ed0422a855e01ae109038db036a..4b77f4ac48d55397d40bfb19d87f0c8cdb90e00b 100644
--- a/classes/feeds.php
+++ b/classes/feeds.php
@@ -250,7 +250,8 @@ class Feeds extends Handler_Protected {
 		$feed_title = $qfh_ret[1];
 		$feed_site_url = $qfh_ret[2];
 		$last_error = $qfh_ret[3];
-		$last_updated = make_local_datetime($qfh_ret[4], false);
+		$last_updated = strpos($qfh_ret[4], '1970-') === FALSE ?
+			make_local_datetime($qfh_ret[4], false) : __("Never");
 
 		$vgroup_last_feed = $vgr_last_feed;
 
diff --git a/include/functions.php b/include/functions.php
index d42e111f27b768cf8f38ab502ef32dc3f6c94982..8d09abf7b663f300ee1dc087c8fa824c20a10974 100644
--- a/include/functions.php
+++ b/include/functions.php
@@ -855,6 +855,8 @@
 		global $utc_tz;
 		global $tz_offset;
 
+		$timestamp = substr($timestamp, 0, 19);
+
 		# We store date in UTC internally
 		$dt = new DateTime($timestamp, $utc_tz);
 
diff --git a/include/rssfuncs.php b/include/rssfuncs.php
index dbe76d2d377c2103f509b4d8b7a4a39f71a8ecf9..0cd41dc059c8510a94b02d4c2357c00b0962a089 100644
--- a/include/rssfuncs.php
+++ b/include/rssfuncs.php
@@ -202,7 +202,9 @@
 		$result = db_query("SELECT id,update_interval,auth_login,
 			feed_url,auth_pass,cache_images,last_updated,
 			mark_unread_on_update, owner_uid,
-			pubsub_state, auth_pass_encrypted
+			pubsub_state, auth_pass_encrypted,
+			(SELECT max(date_entered) FROM
+				ttrss_entries, ttrss_user_entries where ref_id = id AND feed_id = '$feed') AS last_article_timestamp
 			FROM ttrss_feeds WHERE id = '$feed'");
 
 		if (db_num_rows($result) == 0) {
@@ -211,6 +213,7 @@
 		}
 
 		$last_updated = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "last_updated");
+		$last_article_timestamp = @strtotime(db_fetch_result($result, 0, "last_article_timestamp"));
 		$owner_uid = db_fetch_result($result, 0, "owner_uid");
 		$mark_unread_on_update = sql_bool_to_bool(db_fetch_result($result,
 			0, "mark_unread_on_update"));
@@ -251,7 +254,6 @@
 		$rss = false;
 		$rss_hash = false;
 		$cache_timestamp = file_exists($cache_filename) ? filemtime($cache_filename) : 0;
-		$last_updated_timestamp = strtotime($last_updated);
 
 		$force_refetch = isset($_REQUEST["force_refetch"]);
 
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@
 
 				_debug("using local cache.", $debug_enabled);
 
-				if ($cache_timestamp > $last_updated_timestamp) {
+				if ($cache_timestamp > $last_article_timestamp) {
 					@$rss_data = file_get_contents($cache_filename);
 
 					if ($rss_data) {
@@ -275,18 +277,18 @@
 				}
 		} else {
 			_debug("local cache will not be used for this feed", $debug_enabled);
-			$cache_timestamp = 0;
 		}
 
 		if (!$rss) {
 
 			if (!$feed_data) {
-				_debug("fetching [$fetch_url] (ts: $cache_timestamp/$last_updated_timestamp)", $debug_enabled);
+				_debug("fetching [$fetch_url]...", $debug_enabled);
+				_debug("If-Modified-Since: ".gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s \G\M\T', $last_article_timestamp), $debug_enabled);
 
 				$feed_data = fetch_file_contents($fetch_url, false,
 					$auth_login, $auth_pass, false,
 					$no_cache ? FEED_FETCH_NO_CACHE_TIMEOUT : FEED_FETCH_TIMEOUT,
-					$force_refetch ? 0 : max($last_updated_timestamp, $cache_timestamp));
+					$force_refetch ? 0 : $last_article_timestamp);
 
 				global $fetch_curl_used;