diff --git a/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_updated_-_rss_channel_item_updated_atom.json b/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_updated_-_rss_channel_item_updated_atom.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..256bea65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_updated_-_rss_channel_item_updated_atom.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "items": [
+    {
+      "updated": "Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:48:21 GMT",
+      "updatedParsed": "2004-01-01T19:48:21Z",
+      "extensions": {
+        "atom": {
+          "updated": [
+            {
+              "name": "updated",
+              "value": "",
+              "parsed": {
+                "updated": "Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:48:21 GMT",
+                "updatedParsed": "2004-01-01T19:48:21Z"
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  ],
+  "feedType": "rss",
+  "feedVersion": "2.0"
+}
diff --git a/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_updated_-_rss_channel_item_updated_atom.xml b/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_updated_-_rss_channel_item_updated_atom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8706e4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/translator/rss/feed_item_updated_-_rss_channel_item_updated_atom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!--
+Description: item updated (atom)
+-->
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <item>
+      <a10:updated>Thu, 01 Jan 2004 19:48:21 GMT</a10:updated>
+    </item>
+  </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/translator.go b/translator.go
index 11fcd66f..9e5d16f3 100644
--- a/translator.go
+++ b/translator.go
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ func (t *DefaultRSSTranslator) translateFeedItem(rssItem *rss.Item) (item *Item)
 	item.Links = t.translateItemLinks(rssItem)
 	item.Published = t.translateItemPublished(rssItem)
 	item.PublishedParsed = t.translateItemPublishedParsed(rssItem)
+	item.Updated = t.translateItemUpdated(rssItem)
+	item.UpdatedParsed = t.translateItemUpdatedParsed(rssItem)
 	item.Author = t.translateItemAuthor(rssItem)
 	item.Authors = t.translateItemAuthors(rssItem)
 	item.GUID = t.translateItemGUID(rssItem)
@@ -316,18 +318,20 @@ func (t *DefaultRSSTranslator) translateItemLinks(rssItem *rss.Item) (links []st
 }
 
 func (t *DefaultRSSTranslator) translateItemUpdated(rssItem *rss.Item) (updated string) {
-	if rssItem.DublinCoreExt != nil && rssItem.DublinCoreExt.Date != nil {
+	if updatedVal, ok := t.hasAtomExtensionsForKey(rssItem, "updated"); ok {
+		updated = t.atomTranslator.translateItemUpdated(updatedVal)
+	} else if rssItem.DublinCoreExt != nil && rssItem.DublinCoreExt.Date != nil {
 		updated = t.firstEntry(rssItem.DublinCoreExt.Date)
 	}
 	return updated
 }
 
 func (t *DefaultRSSTranslator) translateItemUpdatedParsed(rssItem *rss.Item) (updated *time.Time) {
-	if rssItem.DublinCoreExt != nil && rssItem.DublinCoreExt.Date != nil {
-		updatedText := t.firstEntry(rssItem.DublinCoreExt.Date)
+	if updatedText := t.translateItemUpdated(rssItem); updatedText != "" {
 		updatedDate, err := shared.ParseDate(updatedText)
 		if err == nil {
-			updated = &updatedDate
+			utcDate := updatedDate.UTC()
+			updated = &utcDate
 		}
 	}
 	return