diff --git a/doc/user/bodymeasures-format-example-date.csv b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format-example-date.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ea6f349e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format-example-date.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+date,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
+2017-01-01T12:00:00Z,2,3,4,5,6,7,Useless data - but valid format
+2017-01-02T12:00:00Z,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,11.57,Test Value
+2017-01-03T12:00:00Z,81.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,12.57,"Here the comment text contain commas itself, so it needs quotes"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/user/bodymeasures-format-example-ts.csv b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format-example-ts.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7c3a86b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format-example-ts.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ts,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
+1,2,3,4,5,6,7,Is a technically valid entry but the timestamp is 1 second of Epoch so it will never be in the possible time range
+1479632565,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,11.57,Test Value
+1479632865,81.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,12.57,"Here the comment text contain commas itself, so it needs quotes"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.csv b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index 83ba1ba30..000000000
--- a/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.csv
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-ts,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,Is a technically valid entry, but the timestamp is 1 second of Epoch
-1479632565,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,1157,Test Value
diff --git a/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.txt b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.txt
index bd85ba744..5468e9765 100644
--- a/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.txt
+++ b/doc/user/bodymeasures-format.txt
@@ -1,21 +1,34 @@
 Description of File-Format for "Body Measures - .CSV Import" function
 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Example is provided here:
+Example for Timestamp is provided here:
 
 ----
 ts,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,Is a technically valid entry, but the timestamp is 1 second of Epoch
 1479632565,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,1157,Test Value
+1479632865,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,1157,"Here the comment text contain commas itself, so it needs quotes"
+
 ----
+Example for Date/Time is provided here:
+
+date,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
+2017-01-01T12:00:00Z,2,3,4,5,6,7,Useless data - but valid format
+2017-01-02T12:00:00Z,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,1157,Test Value
+2017-01-02T12:00:00Z,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,1157,"Here the comment text contain commas itself, so it needs quotes"
+
 
 a) Header Line
 First Line of a valid file has to contain header information. This has to be a comma-separated 
 list of the measures provided in the data lines. You do not need to provide all possible measures,
 but at least "ts" and "weightkg".
 
-The mandatory measures are:
+As mandatory field you need time/date of the measures. There are 2 options:
 - "ts" 			- Unix timestamp (in seconds) since Epoch. The value can be calcuated in XLS - just Google how-to.
+OR
+- "date"		- ISO8601 formatted Date/Time String 
+
+The mandatory measure is:
 - "weightkg" 	- Athlete weight in kilograms
 
 The optional measures are:
@@ -29,7 +42,8 @@ The optional measures are:
 Data formats:
 
 - "ts" 		is a 64Bit Integer - any other time will be rejected
-- "comment"	is a String
+- "date"	is a ISO8601 formated date/time 
+- "comment"	is a String - if it contains "commas" itself the string must be enclosed by "string with comma, and more comment"
 - all other measures are float/double in format <xxxxxxx.yyy> 
 
 There are very strict format checks when importing. Only if the whole
diff --git a/src/FileIO/BodyMeasuresCsvImport.cpp b/src/FileIO/BodyMeasuresCsvImport.cpp
index baca4ee5d..fed1394cb 100644
--- a/src/FileIO/BodyMeasuresCsvImport.cpp
+++ b/src/FileIO/BodyMeasuresCsvImport.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 BodyMeasuresCsvImport::BodyMeasuresCsvImport(Context *context) : context(context) {
 
-    allowedHeaders << "ts" << "weightkg" << "fatkg" << "boneskg" << "musclekg" << "leankg"
+    allowedHeaders << "ts" << "date" << "weightkg" << "fatkg" << "boneskg" << "musclekg" << "leankg"
                    << "fatpercent" << "comment";
 }
 
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ BodyMeasuresCsvImport::getBodyMeasures(QString &error, QDateTime from, QDateTime
 
   // all variables to be defined here (to allow :goto - for simplified error handling/less redundant code)
   bool tsExists = false;
+  bool dateExists = false;
   bool weightkgExists = false;
   int lineNo = 0;
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ BodyMeasuresCsvImport::getBodyMeasures(QString &error, QDateTime from, QDateTime
 
   foreach(QString h, headers) {
       if (h == "ts") tsExists = true;
+      if (h == "date") dateExists = true;
       if (h == "weightkg") weightkgExists = true;
       if (!allowedHeaders.contains(h)) {
           if (error.isEmpty()) error = tr("Unknown column header: ");
@@ -82,8 +84,12 @@ BodyMeasuresCsvImport::getBodyMeasures(QString &error, QDateTime from, QDateTime
   if (error.length() > 0) {
       goto error;
   }
-  if (!tsExists) {
-      error = tr("Column 'ts' - Timestamp - is missing");
+  if (!(tsExists || dateExists)) {
+      error = tr("Date and Timestamp are missing - Column 'ts' for timestamp - Colum 'date' for Date/Time.");
+      goto error;
+  }
+  if (tsExists && dateExists) {
+      error = tr("Both column 'ts' - Timestamp and 'date' - Date/Time are defined.");
       goto error;
   }
   if (!weightkgExists) {
@@ -124,6 +130,19 @@ BodyMeasuresCsvImport::getBodyMeasures(QString &error, QDateTime from, QDateTime
                  error = tr("Invalid 'ts' - Timestamp - in line %1").arg(lineNo);
                  goto error;
              }
+          } else if (h == "date") {
+            // parse date ISO 8601
+            m.when = QDateTime::fromString(i, Qt::ISODate);
+            if (m.when.isValid()) {
+                // skip line if not in date range
+                if (m.when < from || m.when > to) {
+                    m.when = QDateTime::fromMSecsSinceEpoch(0);
+                    break; // stop analysing the data items of the line
+                }
+            } else {
+                error = tr("Invalid 'date' - Date/Time not ISO 8601 format - in line %1").arg(lineNo);
+                goto error;
+            }
           } else if (h == "weightkg") {
               m.weightkg = i.toDouble(&ok);
               if (!ok) {
diff --git a/test/bodymeasures/bodymeasures-format-example-date.csv b/test/bodymeasures/bodymeasures-format-example-date.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ea6f349e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bodymeasures/bodymeasures-format-example-date.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+date,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
+2017-01-01T12:00:00Z,2,3,4,5,6,7,Useless data - but valid format
+2017-01-02T12:00:00Z,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,11.57,Test Value
+2017-01-03T12:00:00Z,81.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,12.57,"Here the comment text contain commas itself, so it needs quotes"
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diff --git a/test/bodymeasures/bodymeasures-format-example-ts.csv b/test/bodymeasures/bodymeasures-format-example-ts.csv
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7c3a86b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/bodymeasures/bodymeasures-format-example-ts.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+ts,weightkg,fatkg,boneskg,musclekg,leankg,fatpercent,comment
+1,2,3,4,5,6,7,Is a technically valid entry but the timestamp is 1 second of Epoch so it will never be in the possible time range
+1479632565,80.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,11.57,Test Value
+1479632865,81.15,12.10,5.4,0,32.5,12.57,"Here the comment text contain commas itself, so it needs quotes"
\ No newline at end of file