diff -r 5e7a0fedabdf -r 877f952ae2bd web/lib/Zend/Service/WindowsAzure/Storage/TableEntity.php
--- a/web/lib/Zend/Service/WindowsAzure/Storage/TableEntity.php	Thu Mar 21 17:31:31 2013 +0100
+++ b/web/lib/Zend/Service/WindowsAzure/Storage/TableEntity.php	Thu Mar 21 19:50:53 2013 +0100
@@ -15,28 +15,20 @@
  * @category   Zend
  * @package    Zend_Service_WindowsAzure
  * @subpackage Storage
- * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
- * @version    $Id: TableEntity.php 23167 2010-10-19 17:53:31Z mabe $
+ * @version    $Id: TableEntity.php 24593 2012-01-05 20:35:02Z matthew $
  */
 
 /**
- * @see Zend_Service_WindowsAzure_Exception
- */
-require_once 'Zend/Service/WindowsAzure/Exception.php';
-
-
-/**
  * @category   Zend
  * @package    Zend_Service_WindowsAzure
  * @subpackage Storage
- * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2012 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
  * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
  */
 class Zend_Service_WindowsAzure_Storage_TableEntity
 {
-    const DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP = '1900-01-01T00:00:00';
-
     /**
      * Partition key
      * 
@@ -129,8 +121,8 @@
      */
     public function getTimestamp()
     {
-        if (null === $this->_timestamp) {
-            $this->setTimestamp(self::DEFAULT_TIMESTAMP);
+    	if (null === $this->_timestamp) {
+            $this->setTimestamp(new DateTime());
         }
         return $this->_timestamp;
     }
@@ -139,9 +131,9 @@
      * Set timestamp
      * 
      * @azure Timestamp Edm.DateTime
-     * @param string $value
+     * @param DateTime $value
      */
-    public function setTimestamp($value = '1900-01-01T00:00:00')
+    public function setTimestamp(DateTime $value)
     {
         $this->_timestamp = $value;
     }
@@ -230,6 +222,8 @@
         	                break;
         	            case 'edm.double':
         	                $values[$accessor->AzurePropertyName] = floatval($values[$accessor->AzurePropertyName]); break;
+        	            case 'edm.datetime':
+        	            	$values[$accessor->AzurePropertyName] = $this->_convertToDateTime($values[$accessor->AzurePropertyName]); break;
         	        }
                 }
                 
@@ -242,6 +236,7 @@
                     $this->$method($values[$accessor->AzurePropertyName]);
                 }
             } else if ($throwOnError) {
+				require_once 'Zend/Service/WindowsAzure/Exception.php';
                 throw new Zend_Service_WindowsAzure_Exception("Property '" . $accessor->AzurePropertyName . "' was not found in \$values array");    
             }
         }
@@ -268,7 +263,7 @@
         $properties = $type->getProperties();
         foreach ($properties as $property) {
             $accessor = self::getAzureAccessor($property);
-            if ($accessor !== null) {
+            if (!is_null($accessor)) {
                 $azureAccessors[] = $accessor;
             }
         }
@@ -277,7 +272,7 @@
         $methods = $type->getMethods();
         foreach ($methods as $method) {
             $accessor = self::getAzureAccessor($method);
-            if ($accessor !== null) {
+            if (!is_null($accessor)) {
                 $azureAccessors[] = $accessor;
             }
         }
@@ -325,4 +320,35 @@
         	'AzurePropertyType' => isset($azureProperties[1]) ? $azureProperties[1] : ''
         );
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Converts a string to a DateTime object. Returns false on failure.
+     * 
+     * @param string $value The string value to parse
+     * @return DateTime|boolean
+     */
+    protected function _convertToDateTime($value = '') 
+    {
+    	if ($value === '') {
+    		return false;
+    	}
+    	
+    	if ($value instanceof DateTime) {
+    		return $value;
+    	}
+    	
+    	if (@strtotime($value) !== false) {
+	    	try {
+	    		if (substr($value, -1) == 'Z') {
+	    			$value = substr($value, 0, strlen($value) - 1);
+	    		}
+	    		return new DateTime($value, new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+	    	}
+	    	catch (Exception $ex) {
+	    		return false;
+	    	}
+	    }
+    	
+    	return false;
+    }
 }