diff --git a/Converter/DateTimeTypeConverter.php b/Converter/DateTimeTypeConverter.php
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+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the BeSimpleSoapBundle.
+ *
+ * (c) Christian Kerl <christian-kerl@web.de>
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
+ * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+namespace BeSimple\SoapBundle\Converter;
+
+use BeSimple\SoapBundle\Soap\SoapRequest;
+use BeSimple\SoapBundle\Soap\SoapResponse;
+use BeSimple\SoapBundle\Util\String;
+
+/**
+ * @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(SoapRequest $request, $data)
+    {
+        return new \DateTime(strip_tags($data));
+    }
+
+    public function convertPhpToXml(SoapResponse $response, $data)
+    {
+        return sprintf('<dateTime>%s</dateTime>', $data->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:sP'));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/Converter/DateTimeTypeConverterTest.php b/Tests/Converter/DateTimeTypeConverterTest.php
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+<?php
+/*
+ * This file is part of the BeSimpleSoapBundle.
+ *
+ * (c) Christian Kerl <christian-kerl@web.de>
+ *
+ * This source file is subject to the MIT license that is bundled
+ * with this source code in the file LICENSE.
+ */
+
+namespace BeSimple\SoapBundle\Tests\ServiceBinding;
+
+use BeSimple\SoapBundle\Soap\SoapRequest;
+use BeSimple\SoapBundle\Soap\SoapResponse;
+use BeSimple\SoapBundle\Converter\DateTimeTypeConverter;
+
+/**
+ * UnitTest for \BeSimple\SoapBundle\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(new SoapRequest(), $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(new SoapResponse(), $date);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('<dateTime>2002-10-10T12:00:00-05:00</dateTime>', $dateXml);
+    }
+}