diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
index 0d3a23d4d2019..5a874aa6bb810 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Response.php
@@ -672,9 +672,13 @@ public function getDate()
      *
      * @final since version 3.2
      */
-    public function setDate(\DateTime $date)
+    public function setDate(\DateTimeInterface $date)
     {
-        $date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+        if ($date instanceof \DateTime) {
+            $date = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable($date);
+        }
+
+        $date = $date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
         $this->headers->set('Date', $date->format('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT');
 
         return $this;
@@ -732,22 +736,27 @@ public function getExpires()
      *
      * Passing null as value will remove the header.
      *
-     * @param \DateTime|null $date A \DateTime instance or null to remove the header
+     * @param \DateTimeInterface|null $date A \DateTime instance or null to remove the header
      *
      * @return $this
      *
      * @final since version 3.2
      */
-    public function setExpires(\DateTime $date = null)
+    public function setExpires(\DateTimeInterface $date = null)
     {
         if (null === $date) {
             $this->headers->remove('Expires');
-        } else {
-            $date = clone $date;
-            $date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
-            $this->headers->set('Expires', $date->format('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT');
+
+            return $this;
+        }
+
+        if ($date instanceof \DateTime) {
+            $date = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable($date);
         }
 
+        $date = $date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+        $this->headers->set('Expires', $date->format('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT');
+
         return $this;
     }
 
@@ -888,22 +897,27 @@ public function getLastModified()
      *
      * Passing null as value will remove the header.
      *
-     * @param \DateTime|null $date A \DateTime instance or null to remove the header
+     * @param \DateTimeInterface|null $date A \DateTime instance or null to remove the header
      *
      * @return $this
      *
      * @final since version 3.2
      */
-    public function setLastModified(\DateTime $date = null)
+    public function setLastModified(\DateTimeInterface $date = null)
     {
         if (null === $date) {
             $this->headers->remove('Last-Modified');
-        } else {
-            $date = clone $date;
-            $date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
-            $this->headers->set('Last-Modified', $date->format('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT');
+
+            return $this;
         }
 
+        if ($date instanceof \DateTime) {
+            $date = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable($date);
+        }
+
+        $date = $date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+        $this->headers->set('Last-Modified', $date->format('D, d M Y H:i:s').' GMT');
+
         return $this;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
index 9c5b34febfa30..4f7dc2817a1b9 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpFoundation/Tests/ResponseTest.php
@@ -653,6 +653,22 @@ public function testIsImmutable()
         $this->assertTrue($response->isImmutable());
     }
 
+    public function testSetDate()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+        $response->setDate(\DateTime::createFromFormat(\DateTime::ATOM, '2013-01-26T09:21:56+0100', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin')));
+
+        $this->assertEquals('2013-01-26T08:21:56+00:00', $response->getDate()->format(\DateTime::ATOM));
+    }
+
+    public function testSetDateWithImmutable()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+        $response->setDate(\DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat(\DateTime::ATOM, '2013-01-26T09:21:56+0100', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin')));
+
+        $this->assertEquals('2013-01-26T08:21:56+00:00', $response->getDate()->format(\DateTime::ATOM));
+    }
+
     public function testSetExpires()
     {
         $response = new Response();
@@ -666,6 +682,16 @@ public function testSetExpires()
         $this->assertEquals($response->getExpires()->getTimestamp(), $now->getTimestamp());
     }
 
+    public function testSetExpiresWithImmutable()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+
+        $now = $this->createDateTimeImmutableNow();
+        $response->setExpires($now);
+
+        $this->assertEquals($response->getExpires()->getTimestamp(), $now->getTimestamp());
+    }
+
     public function testSetLastModified()
     {
         $response = new Response();
@@ -676,6 +702,16 @@ public function testSetLastModified()
         $this->assertNull($response->getLastModified());
     }
 
+    public function testSetLastModifiedWithImmutable()
+    {
+        $response = new Response();
+        $response->setLastModified($this->createDateTimeImmutableNow());
+        $this->assertNotNull($response->getLastModified());
+
+        $response->setLastModified(null);
+        $this->assertNull($response->getLastModified());
+    }
+
     public function testIsInvalid()
     {
         $response = new Response();
@@ -912,6 +948,13 @@ protected function createDateTimeNow()
         return $date->setTimestamp(time());
     }
 
+    protected function createDateTimeImmutableNow()
+    {
+        $date = new \DateTimeImmutable();
+
+        return $date->setTimestamp(time());
+    }
+
     protected function provideResponse()
     {
         return new Response();
@@ -990,14 +1033,3 @@ public function __toString()
 class DefaultResponse extends Response
 {
 }
-
-class ExtendedResponse extends Response
-{
-    public function setLastModified(\DateTime $date = null)
-    {
-    }
-
-    public function getDate()
-    {
-    }
-}