diff --git a/src/FsPickler.Json/JsonReader.fs b/src/FsPickler.Json/JsonReader.fs
index 7049c1b7..c460e44b 100644
--- a/src/FsPickler.Json/JsonReader.fs
+++ b/src/FsPickler.Json/JsonReader.fs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type internal JsonPickleReader (jsonReader : JsonReader, omitHeader, isTopLevelS
     do
         jsonReader.CloseInput <- not leaveOpen
         jsonReader.SupportMultipleContent <- isTopLevelSequence
+        jsonReader.DateParseHandling <- DateParseHandling.None
 
     let isBsonReader = match jsonReader with :? Bson.BsonReader -> true | _ -> false
 
@@ -198,7 +199,8 @@ type internal JsonPickleReader (jsonReader : JsonReader, omitHeader, isTopLevelS
                     jsonReader.MoveNext()
                     new DateTime(ticks, kind)
             else
-                jsonReader.ReadPrimitiveAs<DateTime> (omitTag ()) tag
+                let dt = jsonReader.ReadPrimitiveAs<string> (omitTag ()) tag
+                DateTime.Parse(dt, null, DateTimeStyles.RoundtripKind)
 
         member __.ReadDateTimeOffset tag =
             if isBsonReader then
@@ -213,8 +215,8 @@ type internal JsonPickleReader (jsonReader : JsonReader, omitHeader, isTopLevelS
 
                 new DateTimeOffset(ticks, new TimeSpan(offset))
             else
-                let dt = jsonReader.ReadPrimitiveAs<DateTime> (omitTag ()) tag
-                new DateTimeOffset(dt)
+                let dt = jsonReader.ReadPrimitiveAs<string> (omitTag ()) tag
+                DateTimeOffset.Parse dt
 
         member __.ReadBytes tag =
             if not <| omitTag () then
diff --git a/tests/FsPickler.Tests/FsPickler.Tests.fsproj b/tests/FsPickler.Tests/FsPickler.Tests.fsproj
index abf46934..1dea5a62 100644
--- a/tests/FsPickler.Tests/FsPickler.Tests.fsproj
+++ b/tests/FsPickler.Tests/FsPickler.Tests.fsproj
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
       <Project>{3ad987bf-f0fa-40bd-9dae-4af3a5fe9cc7}</Project>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
        Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
diff --git a/tests/FsPickler.Tests/SerializerTests.fs b/tests/FsPickler.Tests/SerializerTests.fs
index fa593956..42243a4a 100644
--- a/tests/FsPickler.Tests/SerializerTests.fs
+++ b/tests/FsPickler.Tests/SerializerTests.fs
@@ -126,6 +126,14 @@ type ``FsPickler Serializer Tests`` (format : string) as self =
             let dto2' = testRoundtrip dto2
             dto2' |> should equal dto1')
 
+    [<Test; Category("Primitives")>]
+    member __.``1. Primitive: ISO 8601 string`` () =
+        Check.QuickThrowOnFail<DateTime * DateTimeKind> (fun (d : DateTime, k : DateTimeKind) -> 
+            let dt = new DateTime(d.Ticks, k)
+            let s = Xml.XmlConvert.ToString(dt, Xml.XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.RoundtripKind)
+            let s' = testRoundtrip s
+            s' |> should equal s)
+
     [<Test; Category("Primitives")>]
     member __.``1. Primitive: System.TimeSpan`` () = Check.QuickThrowOnFail<TimeSpan> testEquals