diff --git a/README.rdoc b/README.rdoc
index c50ef5b..79885ea 100644
--- a/README.rdoc
+++ b/README.rdoc
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ John Nunemaker, http://railstips.org
 * Collection#create_index takes symbols as well as strings
 * Fix for Collection#save
 
+David James, djames@sunlightfoundation.com
+* Fix dates to return as UTC
+
 = License
 
  Copyright 2008-2009 10gen Inc.
diff --git a/ext/cbson/cbson.c b/ext/cbson/cbson.c
index a925124..4a3d1e6 100644
--- a/ext/cbson/cbson.c
+++ b/ext/cbson/cbson.c
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ static VALUE get_value(const char* buffer, int* position, int type) {
             VALUE microseconds = INT2NUM((millis % 1000) * 1000);
 
             value = rb_funcall(Time, rb_intern("at"), 2, seconds, microseconds);
+            value = rb_funcall(value, rb_intern("utc"), 0)
             *position += 8;
             break;
         }
diff --git a/lib/mongo/util/bson.rb b/lib/mongo/util/bson.rb
index 72deac6..6a96206 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/util/bson.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/util/bson.rb
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ class BSON
 
   def deserialize_date_data(buf)
     millisecs = buf.get_long()
-    Time.at(millisecs.to_f / 1000.0).utc
+    Time.at(millisecs.to_f / 1000.0).utc # at() takes fractional seconds
   end
 
   def deserialize_boolean_data(buf)
diff --git a/lib/mongo/util/xml_to_ruby.rb b/lib/mongo/util/xml_to_ruby.rb
index 81a854f..fc7b003 100644
--- a/lib/mongo/util/xml_to_ruby.rb
+++ b/lib/mongo/util/xml_to_ruby.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class XMLToRuby
     when 'array'
       array_to_ruby(e.elements)
     when 'date'
-      Time.at(e.text.to_f / 1000.0).utc
+      Time.at(e.text.to_f / 1000.0)
     when 'regex'
       regex_to_ruby(e.elements)
     when 'null'
diff --git a/tests/test_bson.rb b/tests/test_bson.rb
index abd05df..e63fc5b 100644
--- a/tests/test_bson.rb
+++ b/tests/test_bson.rb
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class BSONTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     doc = {'date' => Time.now}
     @b.serialize(doc)
     doc2 = @b.deserialize
-    assert_equal "UTC", doc2['date'].zone
+    assert doc2['date'].utc?
   end
 
   def test_dbref