diff --git a/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeFormat.java b/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeFormat.java
index f93c269..4fa0aa9 100644
--- a/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeFormat.java
+++ b/user/src/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeFormat.java
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@
  * 
  * <h3>Parsing Dates and Times</h3>
  * <p>
- * This implementation could parse partial date/time. Current date/time will be
- * used to fill in the unavailable part.
+ * This implementation could parse partial date/time. Current date will be
+ * used to fill in the unavailable date part.  00:00:00 will be used to
+ * fill in the time part.
  * </p>
  * 
  * <p>
@@ -591,6 +592,9 @@
    */
   public Date parse(String text) {
     Date date = new Date();
+    date.setHours(0);
+    date.setMinutes(0);
+    date.setSeconds(0);
     int charsConsumed = parse(text, 0, date);
     if (charsConsumed == 0 || charsConsumed < text.length()) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException(text);
diff --git a/user/test/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeParse_en_Test.java b/user/test/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeParse_en_Test.java
index 5d8ce47..047cacd 100644
--- a/user/test/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeParse_en_Test.java
+++ b/user/test/com/google/gwt/i18n/client/DateTimeParse_en_Test.java
@@ -432,6 +432,22 @@
     assertTrue(date.getDate() == 29);
   }
 
+  public void testPartialParsing() {
+    // Only specify a date
+    DateTimeFormat fmt = DateTimeFormat.getFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
+    Date dateOnly = fmt.parse("05-06-1987");
+    assertEquals(dateOnly.getHours(), 0);
+    assertEquals(dateOnly.getMinutes(), 0);
+    assertEquals(dateOnly.getSeconds(), 0);
+
+    // Only specify a time, should use current date
+    fmt = DateTimeFormat.getFormat("hha");
+    dateOnly = fmt.parse("4PM");
+    assertEquals(dateOnly.getHours(), 16);
+    assertEquals(dateOnly.getMinutes(), 0);
+    assertEquals(dateOnly.getSeconds(), 0);
+  }
+
   public void testRFC3339() {
     Date date = new Date();