diff --git a/features.module b/features.module
index e49dbb2..90958db 100644
--- a/features.module
+++ b/features.module
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ function features_include($reset = FALSE) {
     // Features provides integration on behalf of these modules.
     // The features include provides handling for the feature dependencies.
     // Note that ctools is placed last because it implements hooks "dynamically" for other modules.
-    $modules = array('features', 'block', 'context', 'field', 'filter', 'image', 'menu', 'node', 'taxonomy', 'user', 'views', 'ctools');
+    $modules = array('features', 'block', 'context', 'field', 'filter', 'image', 'menu', 'node', 'taxonomy', 'user', 'views', 'ctools', 'system');
 
     foreach (array_filter($modules, 'module_exists') as $module) {
       if (!module_hook($module, 'features_api')) {
diff --git a/includes/features.system.inc b/includes/features.system.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63575a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/features.system.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ *  Features export for core components.
+ *
+ *  - date_formats
+ *  - @TODO: date_format_types
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_features_api().
+ */
+function system_features_api() {
+  return array(
+    'date_formats' => array(
+      'name' => t('Date formats'),
+      'default_hook' => 'date_formats',
+      'feature_source' => TRUE
+    ),
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_features_export_options().
+ */
+function date_formats_features_export_options() {
+  $options = array();
+  $format_types = system_get_date_types();
+  $languages = locale_language_list('native');
+
+  foreach ($format_types as $type => $format_type) {
+    $options[$type] = $format_type['title'];
+    foreach($languages as $langcode => $language) {
+      $options["$type::$langcode"] = "{$format_type['title']} ($language)";
+    }
+  }
+  return $options;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_features_export().
+ */
+function date_formats_features_export($data, &$export, $module_name = '') {
+  // The filter_default_formats() hook integration is provided by the
+  // features module so we need to add it as a dependency.
+  $export['dependencies']['features'] = 'features';
+
+  foreach ($data as $name) {
+    list($type, $langcode) = explode('::', $name .'::', 3);
+    if ($format = _features_get_date_format($type, $langcode)) {
+      // Add format to exports
+      $export['features']['date_formats'][$name] = $name;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // @TODO: maybe add date_format_type to pipe (if it is not locked so far).
+  $pipe = array();
+  return $pipe;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_features_export_render().
+ */
+function date_formats_features_export_render($module, $data, $export = NULL) {
+  $code = array();
+  $code[] = '  $formats = array();';
+  $code[] = '';
+
+  foreach ($data as $name) {
+    list($type, $langcode) = explode('::', $name .'::', 3);
+    if ($format = _features_get_date_format($type, $langcode)) {
+      $var = array(
+        'type' => $type,
+        'format' => $format,
+        'locales' => $langcode ? array($langcode) : array(),
+      );
+
+      $format_export = features_var_export($var, '  ');
+      $format_identifier = features_var_export($name);
+      $code[] = "  // Exported format: $name";
+      $code[] = "  \$formats[{$format_identifier}] = {$format_export};";
+    }
+  }
+
+  $code[] = '  return $formats;';
+  $code = implode("\n", $code);
+  return array('date_formats' => $code);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_features_revert().
+ */
+function date_formats_features_revert($module) {
+  return date_formats_features_rebuild($module);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_features_rebuild().
+ *
+ * hook_date_formats() is used to define the necessary formats, but the
+ * association to the date format type is not set by using that hook. So we have
+ * to set it in the database by ourselfs.
+ *
+ * @see hook_date_formats()
+ */
+function date_formats_features_rebuild($module) {
+  if ($defaults = features_get_default('date_formats', $module)) {
+    foreach ($defaults as $key => $spec) {
+      if (empty($spec['locales'])) {
+        variable_set('date_format_'. $spec['type'], $spec['format']);
+      }
+      else {
+        foreach ($spec['locales'] as $locale) {
+          locale_date_format_save($locale, $spec['type'], $spec['format']);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Helper function to get the pure format (locale or from variable).
+ */
+function _features_get_date_format($type, $language = NULL) {
+  $format = '';
+  if (!empty($language)) {
+    // Try to get a locale date format
+    $format = system_date_format_locale($language, $type);
+  }
+
+  // If no language specific format was fount, or language is not set.
+  if (empty($format)) {
+    // DO not use variable_get() as this may fetch an allready localized variable.
+    $format = unserialize(db_query('SELECT value FROM {variable} WHERE name = :name', array(':name' => "date_format_". $type))->fetchField());
+  }
+  return ($format) ? $format : NULL;
+}
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