diff --git a/bits/72_wsxml.js b/bits/72_wsxml.js
index eed57c0..18e8343 100644
--- a/bits/72_wsxml.js
+++ b/bits/72_wsxml.js
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ function parse_ws_xml(data, opts) {
 						case '1': case 'TRUE':  case "true":  case true:  p.v=true;  break;
 						default: throw "Unrecognized boolean: " + p.v;
 					} break;
+				case 'd':
+					var epoch = Date.parse(p.v);
+					p.v = (epoch - new Date(Date.UTC(1899, 11, 30))) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+					p.t = 'n';
+					break;
 				/* in case of error, stick value in .raw */
 				case 'e': p.raw = RBErr[p.v]; break;
 				default: throw "Unrecognized cell type: " + p.t;
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index 1e5b513..87d5da7 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -201,3 +201,18 @@ describe('should have core properties and custom properties parsed', function()
 		assert.equal(wb.Custprops.Counter, -3.14);
 	});
 });
+
+describe.skip('should parse a sheet with a d date cell', function() {
+	var wb, ws;
+	before(function() {
+		XLSX = require('./');
+		wb = XLSX.readFile('./test_files/xlsx-stream-d-date-cell.xlsx');
+		// wb = XLSX.readFile('./test_files/xlsx-stream-array.xlsx');
+		var sheetName = 'Sheet1';
+		ws = wb.Sheets[sheetName];
+	});
+	it('Must have read the date', function() {
+		var sheet = XLSX.utils.sheet_to_row_object_array(ws);
+		assert.equal(sheet[3]['てすと'], '2/14/14');
+	});
+});
diff --git a/xlsx.js b/xlsx.js
index 1e78d3a..db44b8f 100644
--- a/xlsx.js
+++ b/xlsx.js
@@ -1349,6 +1349,11 @@ function parse_ws_xml(data, opts) {
 						case '1': case 'TRUE':  case "true":  case true:  p.v=true;  break;
 						default: throw "Unrecognized boolean: " + p.v;
 					} break;
+				case 'd':
+					var epoch = Date.parse(p.v);
+					p.v = (epoch - new Date(Date.UTC(1899, 11, 30))) / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+					p.t = 'n';
+					break;
 				/* in case of error, stick value in .raw */
 				case 'e': p.raw = RBErr[p.v]; break;
 				default: throw "Unrecognized cell type: " + p.t;