diff --git a/lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/Cargo.toml
index 1be5637c..ef657fb0 100644
--- a/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ quick-xml = "0.13"
 ordered-float = "1"
 num-traits = "0.2"
 rust_decimal = "0.10"
+chrono = "0.4"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 peg = "0.5"
diff --git a/lib/src/lib.rs b/lib/src/lib.rs
index 1a0e9f31..bcb2229b 100644
--- a/lib/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/src/lib.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ extern crate byteorder;
 extern crate error_chain;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate lazy_static;
+extern crate chrono;
 extern crate num_traits;
 extern crate ordered_float;
 extern crate quick_xml;
diff --git a/lib/src/model/literal.rs b/lib/src/model/literal.rs
index 206502de..9b7afee2 100644
--- a/lib/src/model/literal.rs
+++ b/lib/src/model/literal.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono::FixedOffset;
+use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use model::named_node::NamedNode;
 use model::vocab::rdf;
 use model::vocab::xsd;
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ enum LiteralContent {
     Double(OrderedFloat<f64>),
     Integer(i128),
     Decimal(Decimal),
+    DateTime(DateTime<FixedOffset>),
+    NaiveDateTime(NaiveDateTime),
     TypedLiteral { value: String, datatype: NamedNode },
 }
 
@@ -88,6 +93,19 @@ impl Literal {
                 Ok(value) => LiteralContent::Decimal(value),
                 Err(_) => LiteralContent::TypedLiteral { value, datatype },
             }
+        } else if datatype == *xsd::DATE_TIME {
+            match DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(&value) {
+                Ok(value) => LiteralContent::DateTime(value),
+                Err(_) => match NaiveDateTime::parse_from_str(&value, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S") {
+                    Ok(value) => LiteralContent::NaiveDateTime(value),
+                    Err(_) => LiteralContent::TypedLiteral { value, datatype },
+                },
+            }
+        } else if datatype == *xsd::DATE_TIME_STAMP {
+            match DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(&value) {
+                Ok(value) => LiteralContent::DateTime(value),
+                Err(_) => LiteralContent::TypedLiteral { value, datatype },
+            }
         } else {
             LiteralContent::TypedLiteral { value, datatype }
         })
@@ -116,6 +134,8 @@ impl Literal {
             LiteralContent::Double(value) => Cow::Owned(value.to_string()),
             LiteralContent::Integer(value) => Cow::Owned(value.to_string()),
             LiteralContent::Decimal(value) => Cow::Owned(value.to_string()),
+            LiteralContent::DateTime(value) => Cow::Owned(value.to_string()),
+            LiteralContent::NaiveDateTime(value) => Cow::Owned(value.to_string()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -141,6 +161,7 @@ impl Literal {
             LiteralContent::Double(_) => &xsd::DOUBLE,
             LiteralContent::Integer(_) => &xsd::INTEGER,
             LiteralContent::Decimal(_) => &xsd::DECIMAL,
+            LiteralContent::DateTime(_) | LiteralContent::NaiveDateTime(_) => &xsd::DATE_TIME,
             LiteralContent::TypedLiteral { ref datatype, .. } => datatype,
         }
     }
@@ -204,6 +225,22 @@ impl Literal {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Checks if the literal has the datatype [xsd:dateTime](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime) or one of its sub datatype and is valid
+    pub fn is_date_time(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.0 {
+            LiteralContent::DateTime(_) | LiteralContent::NaiveDateTime(_) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Checks if the literal has the datatype [xsd:dateTimeStamp](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTimeStamp) or [xsd:dateTime](http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime) with a fixed timezone and is valid
+    pub fn is_date_time_stamp(&self) -> bool {
+        match self.0 {
+            LiteralContent::DateTime(_) => true,
+            _ => false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Returns the [effective boolean value](https://www.w3.org/TR/sparql11-query/#ebv) of the literal if it exists
     pub fn to_bool(&self) -> Option<bool> {
         match self.0 {
@@ -282,6 +319,24 @@ impl Literal {
             _ => None,
         }
     }
+
+    /// Returns the value of this literal as NaiveDateTime if possible
+    pub(crate) fn to_date_time(&self) -> Option<NaiveDateTime> {
+        match self.0 {
+            LiteralContent::DateTime(value) => Some(value.naive_utc()),
+            LiteralContent::NaiveDateTime(value) => Some(value),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the value of this literal as DateTime<FixedOffset> if possible
+    pub(crate) fn to_date_time_stamp(&self) -> Option<DateTime<FixedOffset>> {
+        if let LiteralContent::DateTime(value) = self.0 {
+            Some(value)
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Literal {
@@ -373,3 +428,15 @@ impl From<Decimal> for Literal {
         Literal(LiteralContent::Decimal(value))
     }
 }
+
+impl From<DateTime<FixedOffset>> for Literal {
+    fn from(value: DateTime<FixedOffset>) -> Self {
+        Literal(LiteralContent::DateTime(value))
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<NaiveDateTime> for Literal {
+    fn from(value: NaiveDateTime) -> Self {
+        Literal(LiteralContent::NaiveDateTime(value))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/store/numeric_encoder.rs b/lib/src/store/numeric_encoder.rs
index c8cbd99a..9b56d6b9 100644
--- a/lib/src/store/numeric_encoder.rs
+++ b/lib/src/store/numeric_encoder.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 use byteorder::{NetworkEndian, ReadBytesExt, WriteBytesExt};
+use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono::FixedOffset;
+use chrono::NaiveDateTime;
 use model::vocab::rdf;
 use model::vocab::xsd;
 use model::*;
@@ -62,6 +65,8 @@ const TYPE_FLOAT_LITERAL: u8 = 9;
 const TYPE_DOUBLE_LITERAL: u8 = 10;
 const TYPE_INTEGER_LITERAL: u8 = 11;
 const TYPE_DECIMAL_LITERAL: u8 = 12;
+const TYPE_DATE_TIME_LITERAL: u8 = 13;
+const TYPE_NAIVE_DATE_TIME_LITERAL: u8 = 14;
 
 pub static ENCODED_DEFAULT_GRAPH: EncodedTerm = EncodedTerm::DefaultGraph {};
 pub static ENCODED_EMPTY_SIMPLE_LITERAL: EncodedTerm = EncodedTerm::SimpleLiteral {
@@ -109,6 +114,8 @@ pub enum EncodedTerm {
     DoubleLiteral(OrderedFloat<f64>),
     IntegerLiteral(i128),
     DecimalLiteral(Decimal),
+    DateTime(DateTime<FixedOffset>),
+    NaiveDateTime(NaiveDateTime),
 }
 
 impl EncodedTerm {
@@ -136,7 +143,9 @@ impl EncodedTerm {
             | EncodedTerm::FloatLiteral(_)
             | EncodedTerm::DoubleLiteral(_)
             | EncodedTerm::IntegerLiteral(_)
-            | EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(_) => true,
+            | EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(_)
+            | EncodedTerm::DateTime(_)
+            | EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(_) => true,
             _ => false,
         }
     }
@@ -155,6 +164,9 @@ impl EncodedTerm {
             EncodedTerm::DoubleLiteral(..) => Some(ENCODED_XSD_DOUBLE_NAMED_NODE),
             EncodedTerm::IntegerLiteral(..) => Some(ENCODED_XSD_INTEGER_NAMED_NODE),
             EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(..) => Some(ENCODED_XSD_DECIMAL_NAMED_NODE),
+            EncodedTerm::DateTime(..) | EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(..) => {
+                Some(ENCODED_XSD_DATE_TIME_NAMED_NODE)
+            }
             _ => None,
         }
     }
@@ -174,6 +186,8 @@ impl EncodedTerm {
             EncodedTerm::DoubleLiteral(_) => TYPE_DOUBLE_LITERAL,
             EncodedTerm::IntegerLiteral(_) => TYPE_INTEGER_LITERAL,
             EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(_) => TYPE_DECIMAL_LITERAL,
+            EncodedTerm::DateTime(_) => TYPE_DATE_TIME_LITERAL,
+            EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(_) => TYPE_NAIVE_DATE_TIME_LITERAL,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -208,6 +222,18 @@ impl From<Decimal> for EncodedTerm {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<DateTime<FixedOffset>> for EncodedTerm {
+    fn from(value: DateTime<FixedOffset>) -> Self {
+        EncodedTerm::DateTime(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<NaiveDateTime> for EncodedTerm {
+    fn from(value: NaiveDateTime) -> Self {
+        EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(value)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd, Debug, Clone, Hash)]
 pub struct EncodedQuad {
     pub subject: EncodedTerm,
@@ -281,6 +307,20 @@ impl<R: Read> TermReader for R {
                 self.read_exact(&mut buffer)?;
                 Ok(EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(Decimal::deserialize(buffer)))
             }
+            TYPE_DATE_TIME_LITERAL => Ok(EncodedTerm::DateTime(DateTime::from_utc(
+                NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(
+                    self.read_i64::<NetworkEndian>()?,
+                    self.read_u32::<NetworkEndian>()?,
+                ).ok_or("Invalid date time serialization")?,
+                FixedOffset::east_opt(self.read_i32::<NetworkEndian>()?)
+                    .ok_or("Invalid timezone offset")?,
+            ))),
+            TYPE_NAIVE_DATE_TIME_LITERAL => Ok(EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(
+                NaiveDateTime::from_timestamp_opt(
+                    self.read_i64::<NetworkEndian>()?,
+                    self.read_u32::<NetworkEndian>()?,
+                ).ok_or("Invalid date time serialization")?,
+            )),
             _ => Err("the term buffer has an invalid type id".into()),
         }
     }
@@ -361,6 +401,15 @@ impl<R: Write> TermWriter for R {
             EncodedTerm::DoubleLiteral(value) => self.write_f64::<NetworkEndian>(*value)?,
             EncodedTerm::IntegerLiteral(value) => self.write_i128::<NetworkEndian>(value)?,
             EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(value) => self.write_all(&value.serialize())?,
+            EncodedTerm::DateTime(value) => {
+                self.write_i64::<NetworkEndian>(value.timestamp())?;
+                self.write_u32::<NetworkEndian>(value.timestamp_subsec_nanos())?;
+                self.write_i32::<NetworkEndian>(value.timezone().local_minus_utc())?;
+            }
+            EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(value) => {
+                self.write_i64::<NetworkEndian>(value.timestamp())?;
+                self.write_u32::<NetworkEndian>(value.timestamp_subsec_nanos())?;
+            }
         }
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -450,6 +499,16 @@ impl<S: BytesStore> Encoder<S> {
                 .to_decimal()
                 .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("decimal literal without decimal value"))?
                 .into()
+        } else if literal.is_date_time_stamp() {
+            literal
+                .to_date_time_stamp()
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("dateTimeStamp literal without dateTimeStamp value"))?
+                .into()
+        } else if literal.is_decimal() {
+            literal
+                .to_date_time()
+                .ok_or_else(|| Error::from("dateTime literal without dateTime value"))?
+                .into()
         } else {
             EncodedTerm::TypedLiteral {
                 value_id: self.encode_str_value(&literal.value())?,
@@ -530,6 +589,8 @@ impl<S: BytesStore> Encoder<S> {
             EncodedTerm::DoubleLiteral(value) => Ok(Literal::from(*value).into()),
             EncodedTerm::IntegerLiteral(value) => Ok(Literal::from(value).into()),
             EncodedTerm::DecimalLiteral(value) => Ok(Literal::from(value).into()),
+            EncodedTerm::DateTime(value) => Ok(Literal::from(value).into()),
+            EncodedTerm::NaiveDateTime(value) => Ok(Literal::from(value).into()),
         }
     }