diff -r dee028db6e9b -r 73bdfa70b04e src/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/DateTime.java
--- a/src/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/DateTime.java	Tue Feb 10 19:25:00 2015 +0100
+++ b/src/net/fortuna/ical4j/model/DateTime.java	Tue Feb 10 19:38:00 2015 +0100
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
 import net.fortuna.ical4j.util.TimeZones;
 
 import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.EqualsBuilder;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 
 /**
  * $Id$
@@ -161,6 +160,8 @@
 	private static final String DEFAULT_PATTERN = "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss";
 
 	private static final String UTC_PATTERN = "yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss'Z'";
+	
+	private static final String VCARD_PATTERN = "yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss'Z'";
 
 	private static final String RELAXED_PATTERN = "yyyyMMdd";
 
@@ -195,10 +196,16 @@
 	private static final DateFormatCache RELAXED_FORMAT;
 	static {
 		final DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(RELAXED_PATTERN);
-		format.setLenient(false);
+		format.setLenient(true);
 		RELAXED_FORMAT = new DateFormatCache(format);
 	}
 
+	private static final DateFormatCache VCARD_FORMAT;
+	static {
+		final DateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat(VCARD_PATTERN);
+        VCARD_FORMAT = new DateFormatCache(format);
+	}
+
 	private Time time;
 
 	private TimeZone timezone;
@@ -305,8 +312,18 @@
                 setTimeZone(timezone);
             }
         } catch (ParseException pe) {
-            if (CompatibilityHints.isHintEnabled(CompatibilityHints.KEY_RELAXED_PARSING)) {
+            if (CompatibilityHints.isHintEnabled(CompatibilityHints.KEY_VCARD_COMPATIBILITY)) {
 
+            	try {
+	                setTime(value, (DateFormat) VCARD_FORMAT.get(), timezone);
+	                setTimeZone(timezone);
+            	} catch (ParseException pe2) {
+                    if (CompatibilityHints.isHintEnabled(CompatibilityHints.KEY_RELAXED_PARSING)) {
+    	                setTime(value, (DateFormat) RELAXED_FORMAT.get(), timezone);
+    	                setTimeZone(timezone);
+                    }            		
+            	}
+            } else if (CompatibilityHints.isHintEnabled(CompatibilityHints.KEY_RELAXED_PARSING)) {
                 setTime(value, (DateFormat) RELAXED_FORMAT.get(), timezone);
                 setTimeZone(timezone);
             } else {