diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForRSS093.java b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForRSS093.java
index 1a0309f..2630cd6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForRSS093.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sun/syndication/feed/synd/impl/ConverterForRSS093.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class ConverterForRSS093 extends ConverterForRSS092 {
     protected SyndEntry createSyndEntry(final Item item, final boolean preserveWireItem) {
         final SyndEntry syndEntry = super.createSyndEntry(item, preserveWireItem);
         final Date pubDate = item.getPubDate();
-        if (pubDate != null) {
+        if (pubDate != null && syndEntry.getPublishedDate() == null) {
             syndEntry.setPublishedDate(pubDate); // c
         }
         return syndEntry;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/TestDublinCore.java b/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/TestDublinCore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0510219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/sun/syndication/unittest/TestDublinCore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ * (c) Mobile IQ Ltd 2009. All Rights Reserved.
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+package com.sun.syndication.unittest;
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
+
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.module.DCModule;
+import com.sun.syndication.feed.synd.SyndEntry;
+import com.sun.syndication.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 = (SyndEntry) 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/src/test/resources/dublinCoreTest.xml b/src/test/resources/dublinCoreTest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec56da1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/dublinCoreTest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?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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