diff --git a/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/unittest/DublinCoreTest.java b/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/unittest/DublinCoreTest.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.rometools.rome.unittest;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.module.DCModule;
+import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
+
+public class DublinCoreTest extends FeedTest {
+
+    public DublinCoreTest() {
+        super("dublin-core-date.xml");
+    }
+
+    public void testPubDateDoesNotOverrideDublinCoreDate() throws Exception {
+        final SyndEntry entry = this.getCachedSyndFeed().getEntries().get(0);
+        final DCModule dublinCore = (DCModule) entry.getModule(DCModule.URI);
+
+        assertEquals(new Date(1000), dublinCore.getDate());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/unittest/TestDublinCore.java b/rome/src/test/java/com/rometools/rome/unittest/TestDublinCore.java
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-/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * (c) Mobile IQ Ltd 2009. All Rights Reserved.
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-package com.rometools.rome.unittest;
-
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
-
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.module.DCModule;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
-import com.rometools.rome.feed.synd.SyndFeed;
-
-public class TestDublinCore extends FeedTest {
-    public TestDublinCore() {
-        super("dublinCoreTest.xml");
-    }
-
-    public void testDublinCoreDateIsPreferredWhenAvailableRatherThanRss20PubDate() throws Exception {
-        final SyndFeed feed = this.getCachedSyndFeed();
-        final SyndEntry entry = feed.getEntries().get(0);
-        final DCModule dc = (DCModule) entry.getModule(DCModule.URI);
-        final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'", Locale.ENGLISH);
-        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
-        final Date expected = sdf.parse("2009-03-03T13:06:20Z");
-        assertEquals("<dc:date/> element is returned as date, rather than <pubDate/>.", expected, dc.getDate());
-    }
-}
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diff --git a/rome/src/test/resources/dublin-core-date.xml b/rome/src/test/resources/dublin-core-date.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
+	<channel>
+		<item>
+			<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
+			<dc:date>1970-01-01T00:00:01Z</dc:date>
+		</item>
+	</channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/rome/src/test/resources/dublinCoreTest.xml b/rome/src/test/resources/dublinCoreTest.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
-	version="2.0">
-	<channel>
-		<title>Title</title>
-		<link>http://example.com/</link>
-		<description>Some description</description>
-		<language>en-gb</language>
-		<lastBuildDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:06:20 GMT</lastBuildDate>
-		<ttl>15</ttl>
-		<image>
-			<title>Title</title>
-			<url>http://image.example.com/rss.gif</url>
-			<link>http://example.com</link>
-		</image>
-		<item>
-			<title>item title</title>
-			<link>http://example.com/articles/2009/03/03/some-article</link>
-			<description>Article description</description>
-			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:05:50 GMT</pubDate>
-			<guid>http://example.com/articles/2009/03/03/some-article</guid>
-			<dc:creator>Alice Bob</dc:creator>
-			<dc:subject>Bob news</dc:subject>
-			<dc:date>2009-03-03T13:06:20Z</dc:date>
-			<dc:type>Article</dc:type>
-			<atom:updated>2009-03-03T13:06:20Z</atom:updated>
-		</item>
-	</channel>
-</rss>
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