diff --git a/lib/redistat/date.rb b/lib/redistat/date.rb
index e4f7a9b..48fb65e 100644
--- a/lib/redistat/date.rb
+++ b/lib/redistat/date.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ module Redistat
     end
     
     def from_string(input)
+      input += "19700101000000"[input.size..-1] if input =~ /^\d\d\d[\d]+$/i
       from_time(::Time.parse(input))
     end
     
diff --git a/spec/date_spec.rb b/spec/date_spec.rb
index 9c5955f..143481f 100644
--- a/spec/date_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/date_spec.rb
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ describe Redistat::Date do
     [:year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec].each { |k| rdate.send(k).should == now.send(k) }
   end
   
+  it "should initialize from Redistat date String" do
+    now = Time.now
+    rdate = Redistat::Date.new(now.to_s)
+    [:year, :month, :day, :hour, :min, :sec].each { |k|
+      rdate.to_s(k).should == Redistat::Date.new(rdate.to_s(k)).to_s(k)
+    }
+  end
+  
   it "should convert to Time object" do
     now = Time.now
     rdate = Redistat::Date.new(now)