diff --git a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java
index 2519492..51e6da2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Field.java
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ public final class Field {
     public static final String WORKLOG = "worklog";
     public static final String TIME_ESTIMATE = "timeestimate";
     public static final String TIME_SPENT = "timespent";
+    public static final String CREATED_DATE = "created";
+    public static final String UPDATED_DATE = "updated";
 
     public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd";
     public static final String DATETIME_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
@@ -237,6 +239,24 @@ public final class Field {
         return result;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Gets a date with a time from the given object.
+     *
+     * @param d a string representation of a date
+     *
+     * @return a Date instance or null if d isn't a string
+     */
+    public static Date getDateTime(Object d) {
+        Date result = null;
+
+        if (d instanceof String) {
+            SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(DATETIME_FORMAT);
+            result = df.parse((String)d, new ParsePosition(0));
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Gets an floating-point number from the given object.
      *
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java
index 133c835..281675e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/Issue.java
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ public class Issue extends Resource {
     private List<WorkLog> workLogs = null;
     private Integer timeEstimate = null;
     private Integer timeSpent = null;
+    private Date createdDate = null;
+    private Date updatedDate = null;
 
     /**
      * Creates an issue from a JSON payload.
@@ -431,6 +433,8 @@ public class Issue extends Resource {
         workLogs = Field.getWorkLogs(fields.get(Field.WORKLOG), restclient);
         timeEstimate = Field.getInteger(fields.get(Field.TIME_ESTIMATE));
         timeSpent = Field.getInteger(fields.get(Field.TIME_SPENT));
+        createdDate = Field.getDateTime(fields.get(Field.CREATED_DATE));
+        updatedDate = Field.getDateTime(fields.get(Field.UPDATED_DATE));
     }
 
     private static String getRestUri(String key) {
@@ -1197,5 +1201,14 @@ public class Issue extends Resource {
     public Integer getTimeEstimate() {
         return timeEstimate;
     }
+
+    public Date getCreatedDate() {
+        return createdDate;
+    }
+
+    public Date getUpdatedDate() {
+        return updatedDate;
+    }
+
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/IssueTest.java b/src/test/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/IssueTest.java
index 760deb1..d6f6d61 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/IssueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/rcarz/jiraclient/IssueTest.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -121,4 +123,17 @@ public class IssueTest {
         assertEquals(new Integer(144000), issue.getTimeEstimate());
         assertEquals(new Integer(86400), issue.getTimeSpent());
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCreatedDate(){
+        Issue issue = new Issue(null,Utils.getTestIssue());
+        assertEquals(new DateTime(2013, 9, 29, 20, 16, 19, 854, DateTimeZone.forOffsetHours(1)).toDate(), issue.getCreatedDate());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testUpdatedDate(){
+      Issue issue = new Issue(null,Utils.getTestIssue());
+      assertEquals(new DateTime(2013, 10, 9, 22, 24, 55, 961, DateTimeZone.forOffsetHours(1)).toDate(), issue.getUpdatedDate());
+    }
+
 }