diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.h b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.h
index 4bc0c15ed0d05790c338994447141c5eb6de951c..b2bfcaf7fc1f5951c632335f545595f5f9216f0a 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.h
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 + (NSPredicate *)predicateForSamplesOnDay:(NSDate *)date;
 + (NSPredicate *)predicateForSamplesOnDayFromTimestamp:(NSString *)timestamp;
 + (double)doubleValueFromOptions:(NSDictionary *)options;
++ (NSDate *)dateFromOptions:(NSDictionary *)options;
 + (NSDate *)dateFromOptionsDefaultNow:(NSDictionary *)options;
 + (HKUnit *)hkUnitFromOptions:(NSDictionary *)options;
 
diff --git a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.m b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.m
index 0f0a4cb13671f3269451c2e1b163fb7dd8ca91dc..58bef7c87030914e91a4c446e92ce6c0a22e62fc 100644
--- a/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.m
+++ b/RCTAppleHealthKit/RCTAppleHealthKit+Utils.m
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
 }
 
 
++ (NSDate *)dateFromOptions:(NSDictionary *)options {
+    NSString *dateString = [options objectForKey:@"date"];
+    NSDate *date;
+    if(dateString != nil){
+        date = [RCTAppleHealthKit parseISO8601DateFromString:dateString];
+    }
+    return date;
+}
+
+
 + (NSDate *)dateFromOptionsDefaultNow:(NSDictionary *)options {
     NSString *dateString = [options objectForKey:@"date"];
     if(dateString != nil){