diff --git a/lib/domain/rss_feed.dart b/lib/domain/rss_feed.dart
index a2e66c2..ad54db0 100644
--- a/lib/domain/rss_feed.dart
+++ b/lib/domain/rss_feed.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'package:webfeed/domain/rss_cloud.dart';
 import 'package:webfeed/domain/rss_image.dart';
 import 'package:webfeed/domain/rss_item.dart';
 import 'package:webfeed/domain/syndication/syndication.dart';
+import 'package:webfeed/util/datetime.dart';
 import 'package:webfeed/util/xml.dart';
 import 'package:xml/xml.dart';
 
@@ -22,7 +23,8 @@ class RssFeed {
   final List<RssCategory> categories;
   final List<String> skipDays;
   final List<int> skipHours;
-  final String lastBuildDate;
+  final DateTime pubDate;
+  final DateTime lastBuildDate;
   final String language;
   final String generator;
   final String copyright;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class RssFeed {
     this.categories,
     this.skipDays,
     this.skipHours,
+    this.pubDate,
     this.lastBuildDate,
     this.language,
     this.generator,
@@ -97,7 +100,8 @@ class RssFeed {
               ?.map((e) => int.tryParse(e.text ?? '0'))
               ?.toList() ??
           [],
-      lastBuildDate: findFirstElement(channelElement, 'lastBuildDate')?.text,
+      pubDate: parseDateTime(findFirstElement(channelElement, 'pubDate')?.text),
+      lastBuildDate: parseDateTime(findFirstElement(channelElement, 'lastBuildDate')?.text),
       language: findFirstElement(channelElement, 'language')?.text,
       generator: findFirstElement(channelElement, 'generator')?.text,
       copyright: findFirstElement(channelElement, 'copyright')?.text,
diff --git a/lib/util/datetime.dart b/lib/util/datetime.dart
index 050d869..4912e9b 100644
--- a/lib/util/datetime.dart
+++ b/lib/util/datetime.dart
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ import 'package:intl/intl.dart';
 
 const rfc822DatePattern = 'EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z';
 
-DateTime parseDateTime(dateString) {
+DateTime parseDateTime(String dateString) {
   if (dateString == null) return null;
-  return _parseRfc822DateTime(dateString) ?? _parseIso8601DateTime(dateString);
+  return _parseRfc822DateTime(dateString.trim()) ?? _parseIso8601DateTime(dateString.trim());
 }
 
 DateTime _parseRfc822DateTime(String dateString) {
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DateTime _parseRfc822DateTime(String dateString) {
   }
 }
 
-DateTime _parseIso8601DateTime(dateString) {
+DateTime _parseIso8601DateTime(String dateString) {
   try {
     return DateTime.parse(dateString);
   } on FormatException {
diff --git a/test/rss_test.dart b/test/rss_test.dart
index 44eb9b2..a73b5ae 100644
--- a/test/rss_test.dart
+++ b/test/rss_test.dart
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ void main() {
     expect(feed.link, 'https://foo.bar.news/');
     expect(feed.author, 'hello@world.net');
     expect(feed.language, 'en-US');
-    expect(feed.lastBuildDate, 'Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:00:00 PDT');
+    expect(feed.pubDate, DateTime(2018, 03, 26, 13, 30));
+    expect(feed.lastBuildDate, DateTime(2018, 03, 26, 14));
     expect(feed.generator, 'Custom');
     expect(feed.copyright, 'Copyright 2018, Foo bar Inc.');
     expect(feed.docs, 'https://foo.bar.news/docs');
diff --git a/test/xml/RSS.xml b/test/xml/RSS.xml
index 07d80ae..a3657c9 100644
--- a/test/xml/RSS.xml
+++ b/test/xml/RSS.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
         <category>Ipsum</category>
         <category domain="news">Lorem Ipsum</category>
         <language>en-US</language>
+        <pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:30:00 PDT</pubDate>
         <lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 14:00:00 PDT</lastBuildDate>
         <generator>Custom</generator>
         <copyright>Copyright 2018, Foo bar Inc.</copyright>