diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 4d8f2e37..13c87999 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 jc changelog
 
 20200730 v1.13.2
-- Add key/value parser (wrapper for ini parser)
+- Add key/value file parser (wrapper for ini parser)
+- Add date command parser
 - Update traceroute parser to more gracefully handle missing header row
 - Update traceroute parser to handle annotations
 - Update traceroute parser to only return successful probes
diff --git a/docgen.sh b/docgen.sh
index 6a9bbdc1..86986db5 100755
--- a/docgen.sh
+++ b/docgen.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pydocmd simple jc.parsers.blkid+ > ../docs/parsers/blkid.md
 pydocmd simple jc.parsers.crontab+ > ../docs/parsers/crontab.md
 pydocmd simple jc.parsers.crontab_u+ > ../docs/parsers/crontab_u.md
 pydocmd simple jc.parsers.csv+ > ../docs/parsers/csv.md
+pydocmd simple jc.parsers.date+ > ../docs/parsers/date.md
 pydocmd simple jc.parsers.df+ > ../docs/parsers/df.md
 pydocmd simple jc.parsers.dig+ > ../docs/parsers/dig.md
 pydocmd simple jc.parsers.dmidecode+ > ../docs/parsers/dmidecode.md
diff --git a/docs/parsers/date.md b/docs/parsers/date.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c2e8867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/parsers/date.md
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+
+# jc.parsers.date
+jc - JSON CLI output utility date Parser
+
+Usage:
+
+    specify --date as the first argument if the piped input is coming from date
+
+Compatibility:
+
+    'linux', 'darwin', 'freebsd'
+
+Examples:
+
+    $ date | jc --date -p
+    {
+      "year": 2020,
+      "month": "Jul",
+      "day": 31,
+      "weekday": "Fri",
+      "hour": 14,
+      "minute": 35,
+      "second": 55,
+      "timezone": "PDT"
+    }
+
+    $ date | jc --date -p -r
+    {
+      "year": "2020",
+      "month": "Jul",
+      "day": "31",
+      "weekday": "Fri",
+      "hour": "14",
+      "minute": "36",
+      "second": "14",
+      "timezone": "PDT"
+    }
+
+
+## info
+```python
+info()
+```
+
+
+## process
+```python
+process(proc_data)
+```
+
+Final processing to conform to the schema.
+
+Parameters:
+
+    proc_data:   (dictionary) raw structured data to process
+
+Returns:
+
+    List of dictionaries. Structured data with the following schema:
+
+    {
+      "year":      integer,
+      "month":     string,
+      "day":       integer,
+      "weekday":   string,
+      "hour":      integer,
+      "minute":    integer,
+      "second":    integer,
+      "timezone":  string
+    }
+
+
+## parse
+```python
+parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False)
+```
+
+Main text parsing function
+
+Parameters:
+
+    data:        (string)  text data to parse
+    raw:         (boolean) output preprocessed JSON if True
+    quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True
+
+Returns:
+
+    List of dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.
+
diff --git a/jc/cli.py b/jc/cli.py
index d3f8bff3..5ae412cb 100644
--- a/jc/cli.py
+++ b/jc/cli.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ parsers = [
     'crontab',
     'crontab-u',
     'csv',
+    'date',
     'df',
     'dig',
     'dmidecode',
diff --git a/jc/parsers/date.py b/jc/parsers/date.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c3f0bda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jc/parsers/date.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+"""jc - JSON CLI output utility date Parser
+
+Usage:
+
+    specify --date as the first argument if the piped input is coming from date
+
+Compatibility:
+
+    'linux', 'darwin', 'freebsd'
+
+Examples:
+
+    $ date | jc --date -p
+    {
+      "year": 2020,
+      "month": "Jul",
+      "day": 31,
+      "weekday": "Fri",
+      "hour": 14,
+      "minute": 35,
+      "second": 55,
+      "timezone": "PDT"
+    }
+
+    $ date | jc --date -p -r
+    {
+      "year": "2020",
+      "month": "Jul",
+      "day": "31",
+      "weekday": "Fri",
+      "hour": "14",
+      "minute": "36",
+      "second": "14",
+      "timezone": "PDT"
+    }
+"""
+import jc.utils
+
+
+class info():
+    version = '1.0'
+    description = 'date command parser'
+    author = 'Kelly Brazil'
+    author_email = 'kellyjonbrazil@gmail.com'
+    # details = 'enter any other details here'
+
+    # compatible options: linux, darwin, cygwin, win32, aix, freebsd
+    compatible = ['linux', 'darwin', 'freebsd']
+    magic_commands = ['date']
+
+
+__version__ = info.version
+
+
+def process(proc_data):
+    """
+    Final processing to conform to the schema.
+
+    Parameters:
+
+        proc_data:   (dictionary) raw structured data to process
+
+    Returns:
+
+        List of dictionaries. Structured data with the following schema:
+
+        {
+          "year":      integer,
+          "month":     string,
+          "day":       integer,
+          "weekday":   string,
+          "hour":      integer,
+          "minute":    integer,
+          "second":    integer,
+          "timezone":  string
+        }
+    """
+    return {
+        "year": int(proc_data['year']),
+        "month": proc_data['month'],
+        "day": int(proc_data['day']),
+        "weekday": proc_data['weekday'],
+        "hour": int(proc_data['hour']),
+        "minute": int(proc_data['minute']),
+        "second": int(proc_data['second']),
+        "timezone": proc_data['timezone']
+    }
+
+
+def parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False):
+    """
+    Main text parsing function
+
+    Parameters:
+
+        data:        (string)  text data to parse
+        raw:         (boolean) output preprocessed JSON if True
+        quiet:       (boolean) suppress warning messages if True
+
+    Returns:
+
+        List of dictionaries. Raw or processed structured data.
+    """
+    if not quiet:
+        jc.utils.compatibility(__name__, info.compatible)
+
+    raw_output = {}
+
+    if jc.utils.has_data(data):
+        data = data.replace(':', ' ')
+        split_data = data.split()
+
+        raw_output = {
+            "year": split_data[7],
+            "month": split_data[1],
+            "day": split_data[2],
+            "weekday": split_data[0],
+            "hour": split_data[3],
+            "minute": split_data[4],
+            "second": split_data[5],
+            "timezone": split_data[6]
+        }
+
+    if raw:
+        return raw_output
+    else:
+        return process(raw_output)
diff --git a/man/jc.1 b/man/jc.1
index c1672cf3..5091605c 100644
--- a/man/jc.1
+++ b/man/jc.1
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ crontab file parser with user support
 CSV file parser
 .TP
 .B
+\fB--date\fP
+date command parser
+.TP
+.B
 \fB--df\fP
 df command parser
 .TP