diff --git a/src/ng/filter/filters.js b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
index 7805085fd7d6..fa71f59285af 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter/filters.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ function dateFilter($locale) {
     forEach(parts, function(value) {
       fn = DATE_FORMATS[value];
       text += fn ? fn(date, $locale.DATETIME_FORMATS, dateTimezoneOffset)
-                 : value.replace(/(^'|'$)/g, '').replace(/''/g, "'");
+                 : value === "''" ? "'" : value.replace(/(^'|'$)/g, '').replace(/''/g, "'");
     });
 
     return text;
diff --git a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
index 52ad6fbd6a4d..181da0173c0a 100644
--- a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
@@ -381,6 +381,8 @@ describe('filters', function() {
     it('should treat a sequence of two single quotes as a literal single quote', function() {
       expect(date(midnight, "yyyy'de' 'a''dd' 'adZ' h=H:m:saZ")).
                       toEqual("2010de a'dd adZ 12=0:5:8AM-0500");
+      expect(date(midnight, "EEE, MMM d, ''yy")).
+                      toEqual("Fri, Sep 3, '10");
     });
 
     it('should accept default formats', function() {