diff --git a/lib/types/textParsers.js b/lib/types/textParsers.js
index c7ec064f..34a91ecb 100644
--- a/lib/types/textParsers.js
+++ b/lib/types/textParsers.js
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ var parseDate = function(isoDate) {
       return new Date(isoDate);
     }
   }
-  var year = match[1];
+  var isBC = /BC$/.test(isoDate);
+  var _year = parseInt(match[1], 10);
+  var isFirstCentury = (_year > 0) && (_year < 100);
+  var year = (isBC ? "-" : "") + match[1];
+
   var month = parseInt(match[2],10)-1;
   var day = match[3];
   var hour = parseInt(match[4],10);
@@ -37,6 +41,7 @@ var parseDate = function(isoDate) {
   var tZone = /([Z|+\-])(\d{2})?:?(\d{2})?/.exec(isoDate.split(' ')[1]);
   //minutes to adjust for timezone
   var tzAdjust = 0;
+  var date;
   if(tZone) {
     var type = tZone[1];
     switch(type) {
@@ -53,13 +58,18 @@ var parseDate = function(isoDate) {
     }
 
     var utcOffset = Date.UTC(year, month, day, hour, min, seconds, mili);
-    return new Date(utcOffset - (tzAdjust * 60* 1000));
+
+    date = new Date(utcOffset - (tzAdjust * 60* 1000));
   }
   //no timezone information
   else {
-    return new Date(year, month, day, hour, min, seconds, mili);
+    date = new Date(year, month, day, hour, min, seconds, mili);
   }
 
+  if (isFirstCentury) {
+    date.setUTCFullYear(year);
+  }
+  return date;
 };
 
 var parseBool = function(val) {
diff --git a/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js b/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
index 0e303a21..5c957fcc 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
@@ -150,6 +150,26 @@ test("timestampz round trip", function() {
   client.on('drain', client.end.bind(client));
 });
 
+if(!helper.config.binary) {
+  test('early AD & BC date', function() {
+    var client = helper.client();
+    client.on('error', function(err) {
+      console.log(err);
+      client.end();
+    });
+
+    client.query('SELECT $1::TIMESTAMPTZ as when', ["0062-03-08 14:32:00"], assert.success(function(res) {
+      assert.equal(res.rows[0].when.getFullYear(), 62);
+    }))
+
+    client.query('SELECT $1::TIMESTAMPTZ as when', ["0062-03-08 14:32:00 BC"], assert.success(function(res) {
+      assert.equal(res.rows[0].when.getFullYear(), -62);
+    }))
+
+    client.on('drain', client.end.bind(client));
+  })
+}
+
 helper.pg.connect(helper.config, assert.calls(function(err, client, done) {
   assert.isNull(err);
   client.query('select null as res;', assert.calls(function(err, res) {