diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index afc3d0f3..18a55b7a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 BIOM-Format ChangeLog
 =====================
 
+biom 2.1.11-dev
+-----------
+
+Bug fixes:
+
+* `Table.from_json` now respects the creation date [issue #770](https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/issues/770) in Python 3.7 and higher
+
 biom 2.1.10
 -----------
 
@@ -84,6 +91,7 @@ Bug fixes:
 * Tables of shape `(0, n)` or `(n, 0)` were raising exceptions when being written out. See [issue #619](https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/issues/619).
 * Tables loaded with a `list` of empty `dict`s will have their metadata attributes set to None. See [issue #594](https://github.com/biocore/biom-format/issues/594).
 
+
 biom 2.1.6
 ----------
 
diff --git a/biom/table.py b/biom/table.py
index 33a4d787..a70846de 100644
--- a/biom/table.py
+++ b/biom/table.py
@@ -4562,21 +4562,23 @@ def from_json(self, json_table, data_pump=None,
         type_ = json_table['type']
 
         if data_pump is None:
-            table_obj = Table(json_table['data'], obs_ids, sample_ids,
-                              obs_metadata, sample_metadata,
-                              shape=json_table['shape'],
-                              dtype=dtype,
-                              type=type_,
-                              generated_by=json_table['generated_by'],
-                              input_is_dense=input_is_dense)
+            data = json_table['data']
         else:
-            table_obj = Table(data_pump, obs_ids, sample_ids,
-                              obs_metadata, sample_metadata,
-                              shape=json_table['shape'],
-                              dtype=dtype,
-                              type=type_,
-                              generated_by=json_table['generated_by'],
-                              input_is_dense=input_is_dense)
+            data = data_pump
+        create_date = None
+        if hasattr(datetime, "fromisoformat"):
+            try:
+                create_date = datetime.fromisoformat(json_table['date'])
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
+                pass
+        table_obj = Table(data, obs_ids, sample_ids,
+                          obs_metadata, sample_metadata,
+                          shape=json_table['shape'],
+                          dtype=dtype,
+                          type=type_,
+                          create_date=create_date,
+                          generated_by=json_table['generated_by'],
+                          input_is_dense=input_is_dense)
         return table_obj
 
     def to_json(self, generated_by, direct_io=None):