diff --git a/php_timecop.h b/php_timecop.h
index e75af7c..5cbf23f 100644
--- a/php_timecop.h
+++ b/php_timecop.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_strftime);
 PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_gmstrftime);
 PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_unixtojd);
 PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_date_create);
+PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_date_create_from_format);
 
 PHP_METHOD(TimecopDateTime, __construct);
 
diff --git a/tests/overload_13.phpt b/tests/overload_13.phpt
index 9e60c79..fdc38a0 100644
--- a/tests/overload_13.phpt
+++ b/tests/overload_13.phpt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ timecop_freeze(timecop_orig_strtotime("2012-02-29 01:23:45"));
 // checking class name of instance
 $dt0 = new DateTime();
 var_dump(get_class($dt0));
+$dt1 = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', 0);
+var_dump(get_class($dt1));
 
 $dts = array(
     // constuctor with 0 argument
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ foreach ($dts as $dt) {
 
 --EXPECT--
 string(15) "TimecopDateTime"
+string(15) "TimecopDateTime"
 string(25) "2012-02-29T01:23:45-08:00"
 string(25) "2012-02-29T01:23:45-08:00"
 string(25) "2012-02-29T01:23:45-08:00"
@@ -64,4 +67,4 @@ string(25) "2012-03-31T12:34:56-07:00"
 string(25) "2012-03-03T01:23:45-08:00"
 string(25) "1970-01-01T19:00:00-05:00"
 string(25) "1970-01-02T00:00:00+00:00"
-string(25) "2012-02-29T18:23:45+09:00"
\ No newline at end of file
+string(25) "2012-02-29T18:23:45+09:00"
diff --git a/tests/overload_15.phpt b/tests/overload_15.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..543f6c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/overload_15.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+--TEST--
+Function overrideing test for date_create_from_format
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+	extension_loaded('timecop') or die('skip timecop not available');
+	$required_func = array("date_create_from_format");
+	foreach ($required_func as $func_name) {
+		if (!function_exists($func_name)) {
+			die("skip $func_name() function is not available.");
+		}
+	}
+	$required_class = array("datetime");
+	foreach ($required_class as $class_name) {
+		if (!class_exists($class_name)) {
+			die("skip $class_name class is not available.");
+		}
+	}
+--INI--
+date.timezone=America/Los_Angeles
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+// checking class name of instance
+$dt0 = new DateTime();
+var_dump(get_class($dt0));
+
+$dts = array(
+    // constuctor with 2 argument(absolute format)
+    date_create_from_format("Y-m-d H:i:s", "2012-03-31 12:34:56"),
+
+    // constuctor with 2 argument(including timezone info)
+    date_create_from_format("Y-m-d H:i:s T", "1970-01-01 19:00:00 EST"),
+
+    // constuctor with 2 argument(unix time)
+    date_create_from_format("U", "86400"),
+
+    // constuctor with 3 argument
+    date_create_from_format("Y-m-d H:i:s", "2012-04-01 00:00:00", new DateTimezone("Asia/Tokyo")),
+
+);
+
+foreach ($dts as $dt) {
+    var_dump($dt->format("c"));
+    var_dump($dt->getTimezone()->getName());
+}
+
+--EXPECT--
+string(15) "TimecopDateTime"
+string(25) "2012-03-31T12:34:56-07:00"
+string(19) "America/Los_Angeles"
+string(25) "1970-01-01T22:00:00-05:00"
+string(3) "EST"
+string(25) "1970-01-02T08:00:00+00:00"
+string(6) "+00:00"
+string(25) "2012-04-01T16:00:00+09:00"
+string(10) "Asia/Tokyo"
diff --git a/timecop.c b/timecop.c
index 3f18faa..206a5b8 100644
--- a/timecop.c
+++ b/timecop.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static const struct timecop_override_def timecop_ovld_func[] = {
 	{"gmstrftime", "timecop_gmstrftime", "timecop_orig_gmstrftime"},
 	{"unixtojd", "timecop_unixtojd", "timecop_orig_unixtojd"},
 	{"date_create", "timecop_date_create", "timecop_orig_date_create"},
+	{"date_create_from_format", "timecop_date_create_from_format", "timecop_orig_date_create_from_format"},
 	{NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 /* }}} */
@@ -157,6 +158,12 @@ ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX(arginfo_timecop_date_create, 0, 0, 0)
 	ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, object)
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
+ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX(arginfo_timecop_date_create_from_format, 0, 0, 2)
+ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, format)
+ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, time)
+ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, object)
+ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
+
 #if !defined(PHP_VERSION_ID) || PHP_VERSION_ID < 50300
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_INFO_EX(arginfo_timecop_date_method_timestamp_set, 0, 0, 1)
         ZEND_ARG_INFO(0, unixtimestamp)
@@ -184,6 +191,7 @@ const zend_function_entry timecop_functions[] = {
 	PHP_FE(timecop_gmstrftime, arginfo_timecop_gmstrftime)
 	PHP_FE(timecop_unixtojd, arginfo_timecop_unixtojd)
 	PHP_FE(timecop_date_create, arginfo_timecop_date_create)
+	PHP_FE(timecop_date_create_from_format, arginfo_timecop_date_create_from_format)
 	{NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 /* }}} */
@@ -194,6 +202,8 @@ const zend_function_entry timecop_functions[] = {
 static zend_function_entry timecop_datetime_class_functions[] = {
 	PHP_ME(TimecopDateTime, __construct, arginfo_timecop_date_create,
 		   ZEND_ACC_CTOR | ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC)
+   PHP_ME_MAPPING(createFromFormat, timecop_date_create_from_format, arginfo_timecop_date_create_from_format,
+		   ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC | ZEND_ACC_STATIC)
 #if !defined(PHP_VERSION_ID) || PHP_VERSION_ID < 50300
 	PHP_ME(TimecopDateTime, getTimestamp,
 				   arginfo_timecop_date_method_timestamp_get, 0)
@@ -881,6 +891,29 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_date_create)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+/* {{{ proto TimecopDateTime timecop_date_create_from_format(string format, string time[, DateTimeZone object])
+ Returns new TimecopDateTime object
+ */
+PHP_FUNCTION(timecop_date_create_from_format)
+{
+	zval *datetime_obj, *time = NULL, *format = NULL, *timezone;
+	zend_class_entry *ce;
+	char *format_string = "Y-m-d H:i:s";
+
+	MAKE_STD_ZVAL(format);
+	ZVAL_STRING(format, format_string, 0);
+
+	_timecop_call_function(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAM_PASSTHRU, ORIG_FUNC_NAME("date_create_from_format"), &datetime_obj, 0);
+	zend_call_method_with_1_params(&datetime_obj, NULL, NULL, "format", &time, format);
+    zend_call_method_with_0_params(&datetime_obj, NULL, NULL, "getTimezone", &timezone);
+
+	php_timecop_date_instantiate(TIMECOP_G(ce_TimecopDateTime), return_value TSRMLS_CC);
+	/* call TimecopDateTime::__constuctor() */
+	ce = TIMECOP_G(ce_TimecopDateTime);
+	zend_call_method_with_2_params(&return_value, ce, &ce->constructor, "__construct", NULL, time, timezone);
+}
+/* }}} */
+
 /* {{{ proto TimecopDateTime::__construct([string time[, DateTimeZone object]])
    Creates new TimecopDateTime object
 */