diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
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--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+- CookieUtil::parseDate to create a date from cookie date string
+
 ## 1.5.0 - 2017-02-14
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/spec/CookieUtilSpec.php b/spec/CookieUtilSpec.php
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+++ b/spec/CookieUtilSpec.php
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace spec\Http\Message;
+
+use Http\Message\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+use PhpSpec\ObjectBehavior;
+
+class CookieUtilSpec extends ObjectBehavior
+{
+    /**
+     *  @dataProvider getCookieStrings
+     */
+    function it_parses_cookie_date_string($cookieDateString, $expectedString)
+    {
+        $this->beConstructedThrough('parseDate', [$cookieDateString]);
+        $this->shouldHaveType('\DateTime');
+        $this->format('l, d-M-Y H:i:s O')->shouldReturn($expectedString);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     *  @dataProvider getInvalidCookieDateStrings
+     */
+    function it_throws_an_exception_if_cookie_date_string_is_unparseable($cookieDateString)
+    {
+        $this->beConstructedThrough('parseDate', [$cookieDateString]);
+        $this->shouldThrow('Http\Message\Exception\UnexpectedValueException');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides examples for valid cookie date string.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getCookieStrings()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['Friday, 31 Jul 20 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Friday, 31-Jul-20 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Fri, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Fri, 31 Jul 2020 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Fri, 31-07-2020 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Fri, 31-07-20 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Friday, 31-Jul-20 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Fri Jul 31 08:49:37 2020', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            ['Friday July 31st 2020, 08:49:37 GMT', 'Friday, 31-Jul-2020 08:49:37 +0000'],
+            // https://github.com/salesforce/tough-cookie/blob/master/test/date_test.js#L52
+            ['Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT', 'Wednesday, 09-Jun-2021 10:18:14 +0000'],
+            ['Wed, 09 Jun 2021 22:18:14 GMT', 'Wednesday, 09-Jun-2021 22:18:14 +0000'],
+            ['Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:42:42.123 GMT', 'Tuesday, 18-Oct-2011 07:42:42 +0000'],
+            ['18 Oct 2011 07:42:42 GMT', 'Tuesday, 18-Oct-2011 07:42:42 +0000'],
+            ['8 Oct 2011 7:42:42 GMT', 'Saturday, 08-Oct-2011 07:42:42 +0000'],
+            ['8 Oct 2011 7:2:42 GMT', 'Saturday, 08-Oct-2011 07:02:42 +0000'],
+            ['Oct 18 2011 07:42:42 GMT', 'Tuesday, 18-Oct-2011 07:42:42 +0000'],
+            ['Tue Oct 18 2011 07:05:03 GMT+0000 (GMT)', 'Tuesday, 18-Oct-2011 07:05:03 +0000'],
+            ['09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT', 'Wednesday, 09-Jun-2021 10:18:14 +0000'],
+            ['01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 GMT', 'Thursday, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:00 +0000'],
+            ['01 Jan 1601 00:00:00 GMT', 'Monday, 01-Jan-1601 00:00:00 +0000'],
+            ['10 Feb 81 13:00:00 GMT', 'Tuesday, 10-Feb-1981 13:00:00 +0000'], // implicit year
+            ['Thu, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 GMT', 'Thursday, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 +0000'], // dashes
+            ['Thu, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 UTC', 'Thursday, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 +0000'], // dashes and UTC
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provides examples for invalid cookie date string.
+     *
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function getInvalidCookieDateStrings()
+    {
+        return [
+            ['Flursday July 31st 2020, 08:49:37 GMT'],
+            ['99 Jix 3038 48:86:72 ZMT'],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CookieUtil.php b/src/CookieUtil.php
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+++ b/src/CookieUtil.php
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Http\Message;
+
+use Http\Message\Exception\UnexpectedValueException;
+
+final class CookieUtil
+{
+    /**
+     * Handles dates as defined by RFC 2616 section 3.3.1, and also some other
+     * non-standard, but common formats.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private static $dateFormats = [
+        'D, d M y H:i:s T',
+        'D, d M Y H:i:s T',
+        'D, d-M-y H:i:s T',
+        'D, d-M-Y H:i:s T',
+        'D, d-m-y H:i:s T',
+        'D, d-m-Y H:i:s T',
+        'D M j G:i:s Y',
+        'D M d H:i:s Y T',
+    ];
+
+    /**
+     * @see https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/master/src/Symfony/Component/BrowserKit/Cookie.php
+     *
+     * @param string $dateValue
+     *
+     * @return \DateTime
+     *
+     * @throws UnexpectedValueException if we cannot parse the cookie date string.
+     */
+    public static function parseDate($dateValue)
+    {
+        foreach (self::$dateFormats as $dateFormat) {
+            if (false !== $date = \DateTime::createFromFormat($dateFormat, $dateValue, new \DateTimeZone('GMT'))) {
+                return $date;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // attempt a fallback for unusual formatting
+        if (false !== $date = date_create($dateValue, new \DateTimeZone('GMT'))) {
+            return $date;
+        }
+
+        throw new UnexpectedValueException(sprintf(
+            'Unparseable cookie date string "%s"',
+            $dateValue
+        ));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Exception.php b/src/Exception.php
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+++ b/src/Exception.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Http\Message;
+
+/**
+ * An interface implemented by all HTTP message related exceptions.
+ */
+interface Exception
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/Exception/UnexpectedValueException.php b/src/Exception/UnexpectedValueException.php
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/UnexpectedValueException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Http\Message\Exception;
+
+use Http\Message\Exception;
+
+final class UnexpectedValueException extends \UnexpectedValueException implements Exception
+{
+}