diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
index a017e53..1c19768 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlReaderExtensions.cs
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 		}
 
 		/// <summary>
-		/// Parses the element content as a short.
+		/// Parses the element content as a TimeSpan.
 		/// </summary>
 		/// <param name="extends"></param>
 		/// <returns></returns>
@@ -439,6 +439,21 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 			return IcdXmlConvert.ToTimeSpan(content);
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Parses the element content as a DateTime.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="extends"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static DateTime ReadElementContentAsDateTime(this IcdXmlReader extends)
+		{
+			if (extends == null)
+				throw new ArgumentNullException("extends");
+
+			string content = extends.ReadElementContentAsString();
+			return IcdXmlConvert.ToDateTime(content);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Parses the element content as an enum.
 		/// </summary>
diff --git a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
index 2d26022..0a5777d 100644
--- a/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
+++ b/ICD.Common.Utils/Xml/XmlUtils.cs
@@ -481,12 +481,25 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 		/// <param name="childElement"></param>
 		/// <returns></returns>
 		[PublicAPI]
-		public static TimeSpan? ReadChildElementContentAsTimeSpan(string xml, string childElement)
+		public static TimeSpan ReadChildElementContentAsTimeSpan(string xml, string childElement)
 		{
 			using (IcdXmlReader reader = GetChildElement(xml, childElement))
 				return reader.ReadElementContentAsTimeSpan();
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the content of an immediate child.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="xml"></param>
+		/// <param name="childElement"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static DateTime ReadChildElementContentAsDateTime(string xml, string childElement)
+		{
+			using (IcdXmlReader reader = GetChildElement(xml, childElement))
+				return reader.ReadElementContentAsDateTime();
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the content of an immediate child.
 		/// </summary>
@@ -711,6 +724,25 @@ namespace ICD.Common.Utils.Xml
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Gets the content of the immediate child. Returns null if the child element was not found.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="xml"></param>
+		/// <param name="childElement"></param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		[PublicAPI]
+		public static DateTime? TryReadChildElementContentAsDateTime(string xml, string childElement)
+		{
+			try
+			{
+				return ReadChildElementContentAsDateTime(xml, childElement);
+			}
+			catch (FormatException)
+			{
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Gets the content of the immediate child. Returns default if the child element could not be parsed.
 		/// </summary>