diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java
index d58aff7b1e22..163e21cdc2c5 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ private enum DateGran { YEAR, MONTH, DAY, TIME }
     // just year, "2009"
     private final SimpleDateFormat yearIso = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");
 
+    // Additional iso-like format which contains milliseconds
+    private final SimpleDateFormat fullIsoWithMs = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'.000'");
+
     private static Map<Locale, DateFormatSymbols> dfsLocaleMap = new HashMap<Locale, DateFormatSymbols>();
 
     /**
@@ -193,6 +196,9 @@ public DCDate(String fromDC) {
         if (date == null) {
             date = tryParse(fullIso4, fromDC);
         }
+        if (date == null) {
+            date = tryParse(fullIsoWithMs, fromDC);
+        }
         if (date == null) {
             // Seems there is no time component to the date.
             date = tryParse(dateIso, fromDC);
@@ -244,6 +250,7 @@ private void setUTCForFormatting() {
         dateIso.setTimeZone(utcZone);
         yearMonthIso.setTimeZone(utcZone);
         yearIso.setTimeZone(utcZone);
+        fullIsoWithMs.setTimeZone(utcZone);
     }
 
     // Attempt to parse, swallowing errors; return null for failure.
diff --git a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/DCDateTest.java b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/DCDateTest.java
index 9f534b5dcf98..c3c84990ae4e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/DCDateTest.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/content/DCDateTest.java
@@ -281,6 +281,23 @@ public void testDCDateString() {
         assertThat("testDCDateString 10", dc.getHourUTC(), equalTo(0));
         assertThat("testDCDateString 11", dc.getMinuteUTC(), equalTo(0));
         assertThat("testDCDateString 12", dc.getSecondUTC(), equalTo(1));
+
+        // test additional ISO format
+        dc = new DCDate("2010-04-14T00:00:01.000");
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 1", dc.getYear(), equalTo(2010));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 2", dc.getMonth(), equalTo(04));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 3", dc.getDay(), equalTo(13));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 4", dc.getHour(), equalTo(16));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 5", dc.getMinute(), equalTo(0));
+        assertThat("testDCDateIntBits 6", dc.getSecond(), equalTo(1));
+
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 7", dc.getYearUTC(), equalTo(2010));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 8", dc.getMonthUTC(), equalTo(04));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 9", dc.getDayUTC(), equalTo(14));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 10", dc.getHourUTC(), equalTo(0));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 11", dc.getMinuteUTC(), equalTo(0));
+        assertThat("testDCDateString 12", dc.getSecondUTC(), equalTo(1));
+
     }
 
 
@@ -381,6 +398,11 @@ public void testDisplayDate() {
         assertThat("testDisplayDate 7 ", dc.displayDate(false, false,
                                                         new Locale("en_GB")),
                    equalTo("14-Apr-2010"));
+
+        dc = new DCDate("2010-04-14T00:00:01.000");
+        assertThat("testDisplayDate 8 ", dc.displayDate(false, false,
+                        new Locale("en_GB")),
+                equalTo("14-Apr-2010"));
     }
 
     /**