diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 01dfed6c2d5d..7bd8187a69fb 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Change Log
 * Fix issue where extruded `PolygonGeometry` was always extruding to the ellipsoid surface instead of specified height.
 * Fix an issue where non-feature nodes prevented KML documents from loading. [#2945](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/2945).
 * Removed [es5-shim](https://github.com/kriskowal/es5-shim), which is no longer required by the unit tests. [#2933](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/pull/2945)
+* Fix issue where `JulianDate` would not parse certain dates properly. [#405](https://github.com/AnalyticalGraphicsInc/cesium/issues/405)
 
 ### 1.12 - 2015-08-03
 
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS.md b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
index 26d7ccecf307..7939720f1920 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS.md
@@ -61,6 +61,6 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for details on how to contribute to Cesiu
 * [Aditya Raisinghani](https://github.com/adi2412)
 * [Ilia Choly](https://github.com/icholy)
 * [Farouk Abdou](https://github.com/kaktus40)
-* [StÈphane Lozier](https://github.com/slozier)
+* [Stéphane Lozier](https://github.com/slozier)
 
 Also see [our contributors page](http://cesiumjs.org/contributors.html) for more information.
diff --git a/Source/Core/JulianDate.js b/Source/Core/JulianDate.js
index 4f0759580026..390ff91b975f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/JulianDate.js
+++ b/Source/Core/JulianDate.js
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ define([
 
         var a = ((month - 14) / 12) | 0;
         var b = year + 4800 + a;
-        var dayNumber = (((1461 * b) / 4) | 0) + (((367 * (month - 2 - 12 * a)) / 12) | 0) - (((3 * ((b + 100) / 100)) / 4) | 0) + day - 32075;
+        var dayNumber = (((1461 * b) / 4) | 0) + (((367 * (month - 2 - 12 * a)) / 12) | 0) - (((3 * (((b + 100) / 100) | 0)) / 4) | 0) + day - 32075;
 
         // JulianDates are noon-based
         hour = hour - 12;
diff --git a/Specs/Core/JulianDateSpec.js b/Specs/Core/JulianDateSpec.js
index 4fb6a2ad6cdb..933b3485ec50 100644
--- a/Specs/Core/JulianDateSpec.js
+++ b/Specs/Core/JulianDateSpec.js
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ defineSuite([
         expect(julianDate.secondsOfDay).toEqual(34);
     });
 
+    it('Construct a date from a JavaScript Date (5)', function() {
+        var jsDate = new Date('11/17/2039 12:00:00 AM UTC');
+        var julianDate = JulianDate.fromDate(jsDate);
+        expect(julianDate.dayNumber).toEqual(2466109);
+        expect(julianDate.secondsOfDay).toEqual(43236);
+    });
+
     it('Fail to construct from an undefined JavaScript Date', function() {
         expect(function() {
             return JulianDate.fromDate(undefined);