diff --git a/strftime.js b/strftime.js
index cdc5d45..1d06d10 100644
--- a/strftime.js
+++ b/strftime.js
@@ -279,10 +279,24 @@
     });
   }
 
-  function dateToUTC(d) {
-    var msDelta = (d.getTimezoneOffset() || 0) * 60000;
-    return new Date(d.getTime() + msDelta);
-  }
+    function dateToUTC(d) {
+      var year = d.getUTCFullYear();
+      var date = new Date(
+        year,
+        d.getUTCMonth(),
+        d.getUTCDate(),
+        d.getUTCHours(),
+        d.getUTCMinutes(),
+        d.getUTCSeconds(),
+        d.getUTCMilliseconds()
+      );
+      // In old dates, years is incorrectly interpreted as a 2-digit year with base 1900.
+      // Correct this by setting the year explicitly after the fuzzy creation process.
+      if (date.getFullYear() != year) {
+        date.setFullYear(year);
+      }
+      return date;
+    }
 
   var RequiredDateMethods = ['getTime', 'getTimezoneOffset', 'getDay', 'getDate', 'getMonth', 'getFullYear', 'getYear', 'getHours', 'getMinutes', 'getSeconds'];
   function quacksLikeDate(x) {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 48572cd..e2f2ec3 100755
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ assert.format('%y', '11')
 assert.format('%Z', null, 'GMT')
 assert.format('%z', null, '+0000')
 assert.format('%%', '%') // any other char
+assert.format('%F %T', null, '1970-01-01 00:00:00', new Date(0))
 ok('GMT')