diff --git a/lib/binaryParsers.js b/lib/binaryParsers.js
index 27673a8..050d69c 100644
--- a/lib/binaryParsers.js
+++ b/lib/binaryParsers.js
@@ -17,27 +17,11 @@ var parseFloat64 = function (value) {
   return value.readDoubleBE(0)
 }
 
-var parseDate = function (isUTC, value) {
+var parseTimestampUTC = function (value) {
   var rawValue = 0x100000000 * value.readInt32BE(0) + value.readUInt32BE(4)
 
   // discard usecs and shift from 2000 to 1970
-  var result = new Date((rawValue / 1000) + 946684800000)
-
-  if (!isUTC) {
-    result.setTime(result.getTime() + result.getTimezoneOffset() * 60000)
-  }
-
-  // add microseconds to the date
-  result.usec = rawValue % 1000
-  result.getMicroSeconds = function () {
-    return this.usec
-  }
-  result.setMicroSeconds = function (value) {
-    this.usec = value
-  }
-  result.getUTCMicroSeconds = function () {
-    return this.usec
-  }
+  var result = new Date(Math.round(rawValue / 1000) + 946684800000)
 
   return result
 }
@@ -127,8 +111,8 @@ var init = function (register) {
   register(700, parseFloat32)
   register(701, parseFloat64)
   register(16, parseBool)
-  register(1114, parseDate.bind(null, false))
-  register(1184, parseDate.bind(null, true))
+  register(1114, parseTimestampUTC)
+  register(1184, parseTimestampUTC)
   register(1000, parseArray)
   register(1007, parseArray)
   register(1016, parseArray)
diff --git a/lib/textParsers.js b/lib/textParsers.js
index 58595b2..1b146e4 100644
--- a/lib/textParsers.js
+++ b/lib/textParsers.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 var array = require('postgres-array')
-var parseTimestamp = require('postgres-date')
+var parseTimestampTz = require('postgres-date')
 var parseInterval = require('postgres-interval')
 var parseByteA = require('postgres-bytea')
 
@@ -50,16 +50,27 @@ var parseStringArray = function (value) {
   return array.parse(value, undefined)
 }
 
-var parseIntervalArray = function (value) {
-  if (!value) { return null }
-  return array.parse(value, parseInterval)
+var parseTimestamp = function (value) {
+  var utc = value.endsWith(' BC')
+    ? value.slice(0, -3) + 'Z BC'
+    : value + 'Z'
+
+  return parseTimestampTz(utc)
 }
 
 var parseTimestampArray = function (value) {
-  if (!value) { return null }
   return array.parse(value, parseTimestamp)
 }
 
+var parseTimestampTzArray = function (value) {
+  return array.parse(value, parseTimestampTz)
+}
+
+var parseIntervalArray = function (value) {
+  if (!value) { return null }
+  return array.parse(value, parseInterval)
+}
+
 var parseByteAArray = function (value) {
   if (!value) { return null }
   return array.parse(value, parseByteA)
@@ -125,8 +136,8 @@ var init = function (register) {
   register(700, parseFloat) // float4/real
   register(701, parseFloat) // float8/double
   register(16, parseBool)
-  register(1114, parseTimestamp) // timestamp without timezone
-  register(1184, parseTimestamp) // timestamp
+  register(1114, parseTimestamp) // timestamp without time zone
+  register(1184, parseTimestampTz) // timestamp with time zone
   register(600, parsePoint) // point
   register(651, parseStringArray) // cidr[]
   register(718, parseCircle) // circle
@@ -147,8 +158,8 @@ var init = function (register) {
   register(1040, parseStringArray) // macaddr[]
   register(1041, parseStringArray) // inet[]
   register(1115, parseTimestampArray) // timestamp without time zone[]
-  register(1182, parseStringArray) // _date
-  register(1185, parseTimestampArray) // timestamp with time zone[]
+  register(1182, parseStringArray) // date[]
+  register(1185, parseTimestampTzArray) // timestamp with time zone[]
   register(1186, parseInterval)
   register(1187, parseIntervalArray)
   register(17, parseByteA)
diff --git a/test/types.js b/test/types.js
index 2a2020c..9bdd54c 100644
--- a/test/types.js
+++ b/test/types.js
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ exports.timestamptz = {
     [
       '2010-10-30 13:10:01+05',
       dateEquals(2010, 9, 30, 8, 10, 1, 0)
+    ],
+    [
+      '1000-01-01 00:00:00+00 BC',
+      dateEquals(-999, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0)
     ]
   ]
 }
@@ -112,12 +116,17 @@ exports.timestamp = {
       '2010-10-31 00:00:00',
       function (t, value) {
         t.equal(
-          value.toUTCString(),
-          new Date(2010, 9, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0).toUTCString()
+          value.toISOString(),
+          '2010-10-31T00:00:00.000Z'
         )
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      '1000-01-01 00:00:00 BC',
+      function (t, value) {
         t.equal(
-          value.toString(),
-          new Date(2010, 9, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0).toString()
+          value.toISOString(),
+          '-000999-01-01T00:00:00.000Z'
         )
       }
     ]
@@ -128,7 +137,8 @@ exports.date = {
   format: 'text',
   id: 1082,
   tests: [
-    ['2010-10-31', '2010-10-31']
+    ['2010-10-31', '2010-10-31'],
+    ['2010-10-31 BC', '2010-10-31 BC']
   ]
 }