diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
index 3864dad..d99f5d7 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpclib.py
@@ -357,13 +357,6 @@
             if datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
                 self.value = value.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
                 return
-            if datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.date):
-                self.value = value.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
-                return
-            if datetime and isinstance(value, datetime.time):
-                today = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y%m%d")
-                self.value = value.strftime(today+"T%H:%M:%S")
-                return
             if not isinstance(value, (TupleType, time.struct_time)):
                 if value == 0:
                     value = time.time()
@@ -371,10 +364,57 @@
             value = time.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S", value)
         self.value = value
 
-    def __cmp__(self, other):
+    def make_comparable(self, other):
         if isinstance(other, DateTime):
-            other = other.value
-        return cmp(self.value, other)
+            s = self.value
+            o = other.value
+        elif datetime and isinstance(other, datetime.datetime):
+            s = self.value
+            o = other.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
+        elif isinstance(other, (str, unicode)):
+            s = self.value
+            o = other
+        elif hasattr(other, "timetuple"):
+            s = self.timetuple()
+            o = other.timetuple()
+        else:
+            otype = (hasattr(other, "__class__")
+                     and other.__class__.__name__
+                     or type(other))
+            raise TypeError("Can't compare %s and %s" %
+                            (self.__class__.__name__, otype))
+        return s, o
+
+    def __lt__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s < o
+
+    def __le__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s <= o
+
+    def __gt__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s > o
+
+    def __ge__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s >= o
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s == o
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return s != o
+
+    def timetuple(self):
+        return time.strptime(self.value, "%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S")
+
+    def __cmp__(self, other):
+        s, o = self.make_comparable(other)
+        return cmp(s, o)
 
     ##
     # Get date/time value.
@@ -736,19 +776,6 @@
             write("</dateTime.iso8601></value>\n")
         dispatch[datetime.datetime] = dump_datetime
 
-        def dump_date(self, value, write):
-            write("<value><dateTime.iso8601>")
-            write(value.strftime("%Y%m%dT00:00:00"))
-            write("</dateTime.iso8601></value>\n")
-        dispatch[datetime.date] = dump_date
-
-        def dump_time(self, value, write):
-            write("<value><dateTime.iso8601>")
-            write(datetime.datetime.now().date().strftime("%Y%m%dT"))
-            write(value.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))
-            write("</dateTime.iso8601></value>\n")
-        dispatch[datetime.time] = dump_time
-
     def dump_instance(self, value, write):
         # check for special wrappers
         if value.__class__ in WRAPPERS: