diff --git a/classes/feeditem/atom.php b/classes/feeditem/atom.php
index 489c5b148e62f14f00de571492f93e5425f54acd..c9f5b5c62df6ebfbca99d726963bb982f7a6034b 100644
--- a/classes/feeditem/atom.php
+++ b/classes/feeditem/atom.php
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ class FeedItem_Atom extends FeedItem_Common {
 		if ($updated) {
 			return strtotime($updated->nodeValue);
 		}
+
+		$date = $this->xpath->query("dc:date", $this->elem)->item(0);
+
+		if ($date) {
+			return strtotime($date->nodeValue);
+		}
 	}
 
 	function get_link() {
diff --git a/classes/feeditem/rss.php b/classes/feeditem/rss.php
index e09a1fbba245e08d155e20994da4772d4453d7cd..e5960243cf2b723195981bae471d38a5cd9b66c4 100644
--- a/classes/feeditem/rss.php
+++ b/classes/feeditem/rss.php
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ class FeedItem_RSS extends FeedItem_Common {
 		if ($pubDate) {
 			return strtotime($pubDate->nodeValue);
 		}
+
+		$date = $this->xpath->query("dc:date", $this->elem)->item(0);
+
+		if ($date) {
+			return strtotime($date->nodeValue);
+		}
 	}
 
 	function get_link() {