diff --git a/src/I18n/FrozenTime.php b/src/I18n/FrozenTime.php
index 9e8cb7ebe8f..387b8a73978 100644
--- a/src/I18n/FrozenTime.php
+++ b/src/I18n/FrozenTime.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 use Cake\Chronos\Chronos;
 use Cake\Chronos\ChronosInterface;
 use DateTime;
+use DateTimeInterface;
 use DateTimeZone;
 use IntlDateFormatter;
 use JsonSerializable;
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ class FrozenTime extends Chronos implements JsonSerializable
      */
     public function __construct($time = null, $tz = null)
     {
-        if ($time instanceof DateTime) {
+        if ($time instanceof DateTimeInterface) {
             $tz = $time->getTimeZone();
             $time = $time->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         }
diff --git a/src/I18n/Time.php b/src/I18n/Time.php
index 2ed8f35c8a1..30c0e7eadc1 100644
--- a/src/I18n/Time.php
+++ b/src/I18n/Time.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 use Cake\Chronos\ChronosInterface;
 use Cake\Chronos\MutableDateTime;
 use DateTime;
-use DateTimeImmutable;
+use DateTimeInterface;
 use DateTimeZone;
 use IntlDateFormatter;
 use JsonSerializable;
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class Time extends MutableDateTime implements JsonSerializable
      */
     public function __construct($time = null, $tz = null)
     {
-        if ($time instanceof DateTime || $time instanceof DateTimeImmutable) {
+        if ($time instanceof DateTimeInterface) {
             $tz = $time->getTimeZone();
             $time = $time->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
         }
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ public function __construct($time = null, $tz = null)
         if (is_numeric($time)) {
             $time = '@' . $time;
         }
-
         parent::__construct($time, $tz);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/I18n/DateTest.php b/tests/TestCase/I18n/DateTest.php
index 283c60b8f91..085515942e4 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/I18n/DateTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/I18n/DateTest.php
@@ -64,6 +64,24 @@ public static function classNameProvider()
         return ['mutable' => ['Cake\I18n\Date'], 'immutable' => ['Cake\I18n\FrozenDate']];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure that instances can be built from other objects.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider classNameProvider
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testConstructFromAnotherInstance($class)
+    {
+        $time = '2015-01-22';
+        $frozen = new FrozenDate($time, 'America/Chicago');
+        $subject = new $class($frozen);
+        $this->assertEquals($time, $subject->format('Y-m-d'), 'frozen date construction');
+
+        $mut = new Date($time, 'America/Chicago');
+        $subject = new $class($mut);
+        $this->assertEquals($time, $subject->format('Y-m-d'), 'mutable date construction');
+    }
+
     /**
      * test formatting dates taking in account preferred i18n locale file
      *
diff --git a/tests/TestCase/I18n/TimeTest.php b/tests/TestCase/I18n/TimeTest.php
index 656f0da64ef..e460b25748d 100644
--- a/tests/TestCase/I18n/TimeTest.php
+++ b/tests/TestCase/I18n/TimeTest.php
@@ -77,6 +77,24 @@ public static function classNameProvider()
         return ['mutable' => ['Cake\I18n\Time'], 'immutable' => ['Cake\I18n\FrozenTime']];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Ensure that instances can be built from other objects.
+     *
+     * @dataProvider classNameProvider
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function testConstructFromAnotherInstance($class)
+    {
+        $time = '2015-01-22 10:33:44';
+        $frozen = new FrozenTime($time, 'America/Chicago');
+        $subject = new $class($frozen);
+        $this->assertEquals($time, $subject->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), 'frozen time construction');
+
+        $mut = new Time($time, 'America/Chicago');
+        $subject = new $class($mut);
+        $this->assertEquals($time, $subject->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'), 'mutable time construction');
+    }
+
     /**
      * provider for timeAgoInWords() tests
      *