diff --git a/instant-xml/Cargo.toml b/instant-xml/Cargo.toml
index 2c0974d..af1b0a6 100644
--- a/instant-xml/Cargo.toml
+++ b/instant-xml/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ workspace = ".."
 license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
+chrono = { version = "0.4.23", optional = true }
 macros = { package = "instant-xml-macros", version = "0.1", path = "../instant-xml-macros" }
 thiserror = "1.0.29"
 xmlparser = "0.13.3"
diff --git a/instant-xml/src/impls.rs b/instant-xml/src/impls.rs
index cd054a1..edd09bd 100644
--- a/instant-xml/src/impls.rs
+++ b/instant-xml/src/impls.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
+
 use crate::{de::Node, Deserializer, Error, FromXml, Kind, Serializer, ToXml};
 
 // Deserializer
@@ -393,3 +396,28 @@ where
 
     const KIND: Kind = Kind::Vec;
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+impl ToXml for DateTime<Utc> {
+    fn serialize<W: fmt::Write + ?Sized>(
+        &self,
+        serializer: &mut Serializer<W>,
+    ) -> Result<(), Error> {
+        serializer.write_str(&self.to_rfc3339())
+    }
+
+    const KIND: Kind = Kind::Scalar;
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+impl<'xml> FromXml<'xml> for DateTime<Utc> {
+    fn deserialize<'cx>(deserializer: &'cx mut Deserializer<'cx, 'xml>) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let data = deserializer.take_str()?;
+        match DateTime::parse_from_rfc3339(data) {
+            Ok(dt) if dt.timezone().utc_minus_local() == 0 => Ok(dt.with_timezone(&Utc)),
+            _ => Err(Error::Other("invalid date/time".into())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    const KIND: Kind = Kind::Scalar;
+}
diff --git a/instant-xml/tests/chrono.rs b/instant-xml/tests/chrono.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ad6276
--- /dev/null
+++ b/instant-xml/tests/chrono.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+
+use chrono::{DateTime, TimeZone, Utc};
+use instant_xml::{from_str, to_string, FromXml, ToXml};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, FromXml, ToXml)]
+struct Test {
+    dt: DateTime<Utc>,
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn datetime() {
+    let dt = Utc.with_ymd_and_hms(2022, 11, 21, 21, 17, 23).unwrap();
+    let test = Test { dt };
+    let xml = "<Test><dt>2022-11-21T21:17:23+00:00</dt></Test>";
+    assert_eq!(to_string(&test).unwrap(), xml);
+    assert_eq!(from_str::<Test>(xml).unwrap(), test);
+
+    let zulu = xml.replace("+00:00", "Z");
+    assert_eq!(from_str::<Test>(&zulu).unwrap(), test);
+}