diff --git a/Code/RKAbstractTableController.m b/Code/RKAbstractTableController.m
index 0f9e703..b81535e 100755
--- a/Code/RKAbstractTableController.m
+++ b/Code/RKAbstractTableController.m
@@ -1120,7 +1120,9 @@ - (NSDate *)lastUpdatedDate
 {
     NSCachedURLResponse *cachedresponse = [[NSURLCache sharedURLCache] cachedResponseForRequest:self.request];
     NSHTTPURLResponse *response = (NSHTTPURLResponse *)[cachedresponse response];
-    return [[(NSHTTPURLResponse *)response allHeaderFields] objectForKey:@"Date"];
+    NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter  = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
+    NSString *dateString = [[(NSHTTPURLResponse *) response allHeaderFields] objectForKey:@"Date"];
+    return [dateFormatter dateFromString:dateString];
 }
 
 - (NSDate *)pullToRefreshDataSourceLastUpdated:(UIGestureRecognizer *)gesture