diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py b/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
index 3546bc9b..e9e633f2 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/converter.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.db import models
 
 from ...core.types.definitions import List
 from ...core.types.scalars import ID, Boolean, Float, Int, String
-from ...core.types.custom_scalars import JSONString
+from ...core.types.custom_scalars import JSONString, DateTime
 from ...core.classtypes.enum import Enum
 from .compat import RelatedObject, UUIDField, ArrayField, HStoreField, JSONField, RangeField
 from .utils import get_related_model, import_single_dispatch
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ def convert_django_field(field):
         (field, field.__class__))
 
 
-@convert_django_field.register(models.DateField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.CharField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.TextField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.EmailField)
@@ -69,6 +68,11 @@ def convert_field_to_float(field):
     return Float(description=field.help_text)
 
 
+@convert_django_field.register(models.DateField)
+def convert_date_to_string(field):
+    return DateTime(description=field.help_text)
+
+
 @convert_django_field.register(models.ManyToManyField)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.ManyToOneRel)
 @convert_django_field.register(models.ManyToManyRel)
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
index b84c52f1..94b4bfff 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_converter.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from ..converter import (
 from ..fields import (ConnectionOrListField,
                       DjangoModelField)
 from ..compat import MissingType, ArrayField, HStoreField, JSONField, RangeField
-from graphene.core.types.custom_scalars import JSONString
+from graphene.core.types.custom_scalars import JSONString, DateTime
 
 from .models import Article, Reporter
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def test_should_unknown_django_field_raise_exception():
 
 
 def test_should_date_convert_string():
-    assert_conversion(models.DateField, graphene.String)
+    assert_conversion(models.DateField, DateTime)
 
 
 def test_should_char_convert_string():
diff --git a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_query.py b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_query.py
index bf9966bc..0a5ffde1 100644
--- a/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/graphene/contrib/django/tests/test_query.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import datetime
 import pytest
 from py.test import raises
 from django.db import models
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@ def test_should_node():
 
         @classmethod
         def get_node(cls, id, info):
-            return ArticleNode(Article(id=1, headline='Article node'))
+            return ArticleNode(Article(id=1, headline='Article node', pub_date=datetime.date(2002, 3, 11)))
 
     class Query(graphene.ObjectType):
         node = relay.NodeField()
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ def test_should_node():
             }
             ... on ArticleNode {
                 headline
+                pubDate
             }
           }
         }
@@ -187,7 +189,8 @@ def test_should_node():
         },
         'myArticle': {
             'id': 'QXJ0aWNsZU5vZGU6MQ==',
-            'headline': 'Article node'
+            'headline': 'Article node',
+            'pubDate': '2002-03-11',
         }
     }
     schema = graphene.Schema(query=Query)
diff --git a/graphene/core/types/custom_scalars.py b/graphene/core/types/custom_scalars.py
index 3497011c..e2f0da84 100644
--- a/graphene/core/types/custom_scalars.py
+++ b/graphene/core/types/custom_scalars.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import datetime
 
 from graphql.core.language import ast
 from ...core.classtypes.scalar import Scalar
@@ -19,3 +20,21 @@ class JSONString(Scalar):
     @staticmethod
     def parse_value(value):
         return json.dumps(value)
+
+
+class DateTime(Scalar):
+    '''DateTime in ISO 8601 format'''
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def serialize(dt):
+        return dt.isoformat()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_literal(node):
+        if isinstance(node, ast.StringValue):
+            return datetime.datetime.strptime(
+                node.value, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def parse_value(value):
+        return datetime.datetime.strptime(value, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f")