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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the BeSimpleSoapCommon.
+ *
+ * (c) Christian Kerl <christian-kerl@web.de>
+ * (c) Francis Besset <francis.besset@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
+ * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+namespace BeSimple\SoapCommon\Converter;
+
+/**
+ * @author Christian Kerl <christian-kerl@web.de>
+ */
+class DateTimeTypeConverter implements TypeConverterInterface
+{
+    public function getTypeNamespace()
+    {
+        return 'http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema';
+    }
+
+    public function getTypeName()
+    {
+        return 'dateTime';
+    }
+
+    public function convertXmlToPhp($data)
+    {
+        $doc = new \DOMDocument();
+        $doc->loadXML($data);
+
+        return new \DateTime($doc->textContent);
+    }
+
+    public function convertPhpToXml($data)
+    {
+        return sprintf('<%1$s>%2$s</%1$s>', $this->getTypeName(), $data->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:sP'));
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/tests/BeSimple/Tests/SoapCommon/Converter/DateTimeTypeConverterTest.php b/tests/BeSimple/Tests/SoapCommon/Converter/DateTimeTypeConverterTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the BeSimpleSoapCommon.
+ *
+ * (c) Christian Kerl <christian-kerl@web.de>
+ * (c) Francis Besset <francis.besset@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
+ * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+namespace BeSimple\SoapCommon\Tests\Converter;
+
+use BeSimple\SoapCommon\Converter\DateTimeTypeConverter;
+
+/**
+ * UnitTest for \BeSimple\SoapCommon\Converter\DateTimeTypeConverter.
+ *
+ * @author Christian Kerl <christian-kerl@web.de>
+ */
+class DateTimeTypeConverterTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
+{
+    public function testConvertXmlToPhp()
+    {
+        $converter = new DateTimeTypeConverter();
+
+        $dateXml = '<sometag>2002-10-10T12:00:00-05:00</sometag>';
+        $date = $converter->convertXmlToPhp($dateXml);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(new \DateTime('2002-10-10T12:00:00-05:00'), $date);
+    }
+
+    public function testConvertPhpToXml()
+    {
+        $converter = new DateTimeTypeConverter();
+
+        $date    = new \DateTime('2002-10-10T12:00:00-05:00');
+        $dateXml = $converter->convertPhpToXml($date);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('<dateTime>2002-10-10T12:00:00-05:00</dateTime>', $dateXml);
+    }
+}
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