diff --git a/ext/java/jar/jbson.jar b/ext/java/jar/jbson.jar
index 972f2e8..ffcc70f 100644
Binary files a/ext/java/jar/jbson.jar and b/ext/java/jar/jbson.jar differ
diff --git a/ext/java/src/org/jbson/RubyBSONEncoder.java b/ext/java/src/org/jbson/RubyBSONEncoder.java
index 9e1a8e2..51263f2 100644
--- a/ext/java/src/org/jbson/RubyBSONEncoder.java
+++ b/ext/java/src/org/jbson/RubyBSONEncoder.java
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ public class RubyBSONEncoder extends BSONEncoder {
         else if ( val instanceof Iterable)
             putIterable( name , (Iterable)val );
 
+        else if ( val instanceof Date )
+            putDate( name , ((Date)val).getTime() );
+
         else if ( val instanceof byte[] )
             putBinary( name , (byte[])val );
 
diff --git a/test/bson/bson_test.rb b/test/bson/bson_test.rb
index 7bcf2aa..b610e3b 100644
--- a/test/bson/bson_test.rb
+++ b/test/bson/bson_test.rb
@@ -246,8 +246,14 @@ class BSONTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_in_delta doc['date'], doc2['date'], 0.001
   end
 
+  def test_date_in_array
+    doc = {'date' => [Time.now.utc]}
+    bson = @encoder.serialize(doc)
+    doc2 = @encoder.deserialize(bson)
+  end
+
   def test_date_returns_as_utc
-    doc = {'date' => Time.now}
+    doc = {'date' => Time.now.utc}
     bson = @encoder.serialize(doc)
     doc2 = @encoder.deserialize(bson)
     assert doc2['date'].utc?