diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
index 7516481c6a..0d2fb27aa7 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.dart
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ class DateWrapper {
     return new DateTime(year, month, day, hour, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);
   }
 
+  static DateTime fromISOString(String str) {
+    return DateTime.parse(str);
+  }
+
   static DateTime fromMillis(int ms) {
     return new DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(ms, isUtc: true);
   }
diff --git a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
index 793847f2b5..4385a98216 100644
--- a/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
+++ b/modules/angular2/src/core/facade/lang.ts
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ export class DateWrapper {
                 minutes: number = 0, seconds: number = 0, milliseconds: number = 0): Date {
     return new Date(year, month - 1, day, hour, minutes, seconds, milliseconds);
   }
+  static fromISOString(str: string): Date { return new Date(str); }
   static fromMillis(ms: number): Date { return new Date(ms); }
   static toMillis(date: Date): number { return date.getTime(); }
   static now(): Date { return new Date(); }