diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
index a1ba2c4156..4f03c53a2f 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Inline.php
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ class Inline
                     $value = self::parseScalar($sequence, $flags, array(',', ']'), array('"', "'"), $i, true, $references);
 
                     // the value can be an array if a reference has been resolved to an array var
-                    if (!is_array($value) && !$isQuoted && false !== strpos($value, ': ')) {
+                    if (!is_array($value) && !$value instanceof \DateTimeInterface && !$isQuoted && false !== strpos($value, ': ')) {
                         // embedded mapping?
                         try {
                             $pos = 0;
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
index 1c7291138b..1886da14c2 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Yaml/Tests/InlineTest.php
@@ -548,6 +548,22 @@ class InlineTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider getTimestampTests
+     */
+    public function testParseNestedTimestampListAsDateTimeObject($yaml, $year, $month, $day, $hour, $minute, $second)
+    {
+        $expected = new \DateTime($yaml);
+        $expected->setTimeZone(new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
+        $expected->setDate($year, $month, $day);
+        $expected->setTime($hour, $minute, $second);
+
+        $expectedNested = array('nested' => array($expected));
+        $yamlNested = "{nested: [$yaml]}";
+
+        $this->assertEquals($expectedNested, Inline::parse($yamlNested, Yaml::PARSE_DATETIME));
+    }
+
     /**
      * @dataProvider getDateTimeDumpTests
      */