diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c0410f53ab5a..d7be6be388fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     "magic-string": "^0.21.3",
     "minimatch": "^3.0.4",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
+    "moment": "^2.18.1",
     "node-sass": "^4.5.3",
     "protractor": "^5.1.2",
     "request": "^2.81.0",
diff --git a/scripts/closure-compiler/build-devapp-bundle.sh b/scripts/closure-compiler/build-devapp-bundle.sh
index 3d3b1607cdf8..8e483922b3fc 100755
--- a/scripts/closure-compiler/build-devapp-bundle.sh
+++ b/scripts/closure-compiler/build-devapp-bundle.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ set -e -o pipefail
 # Go to the project root directory
 cd $(dirname $0)/../..
 
-# Build a release of material and of the CDK package.
+# Build a release of material, material-moment-adapter, and cdk packages.
 $(npm bin)/gulp material:build-release:clean
 $(npm bin)/gulp cdk:build-release
+$(npm bin)/gulp material-moment-adapter:build-release
 
 # Build demo-app with ES2015 modules. Closure compiler is then able to parse imports.
 $(npm bin)/gulp :build:devapp:assets :build:devapp:scss
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ OPTS=(
   "--js_module_root=dist/packages"
   "--js_module_root=dist/releases/material"
   "--js_module_root=dist/releases/cdk"
+  "--js_module_root=dist/releases/material-moment-adapter"
   "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/core"
   "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/common"
   "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/compiler"
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ OPTS=(
   "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/platform-browser-dynamic"
   "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/animations"
   "--js_module_root=node_modules/@angular/animations/browser"
+  "--js_module_root=node_modules/moment"
 
   # Flags to simplify debugging.
   "--formatting=PRETTY_PRINT"
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ OPTS=(
   # Include the Material and CDK FESM bundles
   dist/releases/material/@angular/material.js
   dist/releases/cdk/@angular/cdk.js
+  dist/releases/material-moment-adapter/@angular/material-moment-adapter.js
 
   # Include all Angular FESM bundles.
   node_modules/@angular/core/@angular/core.js
@@ -71,8 +75,9 @@ OPTS=(
   node_modules/@angular/animations/@angular/animations.js
   node_modules/@angular/animations/@angular/animations/browser.js
 
-  # Include other dependencies like Zone.js and RxJS
+  # Include other dependencies like Zone.js, Moment.js, and RxJS
   node_modules/zone.js/dist/zone.js
+  node_modules/moment/moment.js
   $rxjsSourceFiles
 
   # Include all files from the demo-app package.
diff --git a/src/demo-app/system-config.ts b/src/demo-app/system-config.ts
index 38f8de2c2284..96b0a3d3e9e3 100644
--- a/src/demo-app/system-config.ts
+++ b/src/demo-app/system-config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ System.config({
   map: {
     'rxjs': 'node:rxjs',
     'main': 'main.js',
+    'moment': 'node:moment/min/moment-with-locales.min.js',
 
     // Angular specific mappings.
     '@angular/core': 'node:@angular/core/bundles/core.umd.js',
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ System.config({
       'node:@angular/platform-browser-dynamic/bundles/platform-browser-dynamic.umd.js',
 
     '@angular/material': 'dist/bundles/material.umd.js',
+    '@angular/material-moment-adapter': 'dist/bundles/material-moment-adapter.umd.js',
     '@angular/cdk': 'dist/bundles/cdk.umd.js',
     '@angular/cdk/a11y': 'dist/bundles/cdk-a11y.umd.js',
     '@angular/cdk/bidi': 'dist/bundles/cdk-bidi.umd.js',
diff --git a/src/demo-app/tsconfig-aot.json b/src/demo-app/tsconfig-aot.json
index 2240063c7bce..f868fe1c2677 100644
--- a/src/demo-app/tsconfig-aot.json
+++ b/src/demo-app/tsconfig-aot.json
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
     "outDir": ".",
     "paths": {
       "@angular/material": ["./material"],
-      "@angular/cdk/*": ["./cdk/*"]
+      "@angular/cdk/*": ["./cdk/*"],
+      "@angular/material-moment-adapter": ["./material-moment-adapter"]
     }
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/src/demo-app/tsconfig-build.json b/src/demo-app/tsconfig-build.json
index ff3196c1261d..98e6b789b1d1 100644
--- a/src/demo-app/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/src/demo-app/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "@angular/material": ["../../dist/packages/material/public_api"],
-      "@angular/cdk/*": ["../../dist/packages/cdk/*"]
+      "@angular/cdk/*": ["../../dist/packages/cdk/*"],
+      "@angular/material-moment-adapter": ["../../dist/packages/material-moment-adapter"]
     }
   },
   "files": [
diff --git a/src/lib/core/datetime/date-adapter.ts b/src/lib/core/datetime/date-adapter.ts
index 24172405d036..86369f8c85bf 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/datetime/date-adapter.ts
+++ b/src/lib/core/datetime/date-adapter.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
  */
 
 import {InjectionToken, LOCALE_ID} from '@angular/core';
+import {Observable} from 'rxjs/Observable';
+import {Subject} from 'rxjs/Subject';
+
 
 /** InjectionToken for datepicker that can be used to override default locale code. */
 export const MAT_DATE_LOCALE = new InjectionToken<string>('MAT_DATE_LOCALE');
@@ -19,6 +22,10 @@ export abstract class DateAdapter<D> {
   /** The locale to use for all dates. */
   protected locale: any;
 
+  /** A stream that emits when the locale changes. */
+  get localeChanges(): Observable<void> { return this._localeChanges; }
+  protected _localeChanges= new Subject<void>();
+
   /**
    * Gets the year component of the given date.
    * @param date The date to extract the year from.
@@ -184,6 +191,7 @@ export abstract class DateAdapter<D> {
    */
   setLocale(locale: any) {
     this.locale = locale;
+    this._localeChanges.next();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/lib/datepicker/datepicker-input.ts b/src/lib/datepicker/datepicker-input.ts
index 7847a51b0bb4..aa09ae366812 100644
--- a/src/lib/datepicker/datepicker-input.ts
+++ b/src/lib/datepicker/datepicker-input.ts
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ export class MdDatepickerInput<D> implements AfterContentInit, ControlValueAcces
 
   private _datepickerSubscription = Subscription.EMPTY;
 
+  private _localeSubscription = Subscription.EMPTY;
+
   /** The form control validator for whether the input parses. */
   private _parseValidator: ValidatorFn = (): ValidationErrors | null => {
     return this._lastValueValid ?
@@ -228,6 +230,11 @@ export class MdDatepickerInput<D> implements AfterContentInit, ControlValueAcces
     if (!this._dateFormats) {
       throw createMissingDateImplError('MD_DATE_FORMATS');
     }
+
+    // Update the displayed date when the locale changes.
+    this._localeSubscription = _dateAdapter.localeChanges.subscribe(() => {
+      this.value = this.value;
+    });
   }
 
   ngAfterContentInit() {
@@ -245,6 +252,7 @@ export class MdDatepickerInput<D> implements AfterContentInit, ControlValueAcces
 
   ngOnDestroy() {
     this._datepickerSubscription.unsubscribe();
+    this._localeSubscription.unsubscribe();
     this._valueChange.complete();
     this._disabledChange.complete();
   }
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/index.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..df84c7dabace
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {NgModule} from '@angular/core';
+import {
+  DateAdapter,
+  MAT_DATE_LOCALE,
+  MAT_DATE_LOCALE_PROVIDER,
+  MD_DATE_FORMATS
+} from '@angular/material';
+import {MomentDateAdapter} from './moment-date-adapter';
+import {MD_MOMENT_DATE_FORMATS} from './moment-date-formats';
+
+export * from './moment-date-adapter';
+export * from './moment-date-formats';
+
+
+@NgModule({
+  providers: [
+    MAT_DATE_LOCALE_PROVIDER,
+    {provide: DateAdapter, useClass: MomentDateAdapter, deps: [MAT_DATE_LOCALE]}
+  ],
+})
+export class MomentDateModule {}
+
+
+@NgModule({
+  imports: [MomentDateModule],
+  providers: [{provide: MD_DATE_FORMATS, useValue: MD_MOMENT_DATE_FORMATS}],
+})
+export class MdMomentDateModule {}
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-adapter.spec.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-adapter.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c8330e8f1eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-adapter.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,388 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {MomentDateAdapter} from './moment-date-adapter';
+import {async, inject, TestBed} from '@angular/core/testing';
+import {MomentDateModule} from './index';
+import {DateAdapter, MAT_DATE_LOCALE} from '@angular/material';
+import {LOCALE_ID} from '@angular/core';
+import * as moment from 'moment';
+
+
+// Month constants for more readable tests.
+const JAN = 0, FEB = 1, MAR = 2, DEC = 11;
+
+
+describe('MomentDateAdapter', () => {
+  let adapter: MomentDateAdapter;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [MomentDateModule]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(inject([DateAdapter], (d: MomentDateAdapter) => {
+    moment.locale('en');
+    adapter = d;
+    adapter.setLocale('en');
+  }));
+
+  it('should get year', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getYear(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe(2017);
+  });
+
+  it('should get month', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getMonth(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should get date', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getDate(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should get day of week', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getDayOfWeek(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should get same day of week in a locale with a different first day of the week', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('fr');
+    expect(adapter.getDayOfWeek(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should get long month names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getMonthNames('long')).toEqual([
+      'January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September',
+      'October', 'November', 'December'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get long month names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getMonthNames('short')).toEqual([
+      'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get narrow month names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getMonthNames('narrow')).toEqual([
+      'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get month names in a different locale', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(adapter.getMonthNames('long')).toEqual([
+      '1月', '2月', '3月', '4月', '5月', '6月', '7月', '8月', '9月', '10月', '11月', '12月'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get date names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getDateNames()).toEqual([
+      '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17',
+      '18', '19', '20', '21', '22', '23', '24', '25', '26', '27', '28', '29', '30', '31'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get date names in a different locale', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(adapter.getDateNames()).toEqual([
+      '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17',
+      '18', '19', '20', '21', '22', '23', '24', '25', '26', '27', '28', '29', '30', '31'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get long day of week names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getDayOfWeekNames('long')).toEqual([
+      'Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get short day of week names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getDayOfWeekNames('short')).toEqual([
+      'Sun', 'Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get narrow day of week names', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getDayOfWeekNames('narrow')).toEqual([
+      'Su', 'Mo', 'Tu', 'We', 'Th', 'Fr', 'Sa'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get day of week names in a different locale', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(adapter.getDayOfWeekNames('long')).toEqual([
+      '日曜日', '月曜日', '火曜日', '水曜日', '木曜日', '金曜日', '土曜日'
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('should get year name', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getYearName(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe('2017');
+  });
+
+  it('should get year name in a different locale', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(adapter.getYearName(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]))).toBe('2017');
+  });
+
+  it('should get first day of week', () => {
+    expect(adapter.getFirstDayOfWeek()).toBe(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should get first day of week in a different locale', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('fr');
+    expect(adapter.getFirstDayOfWeek()).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('should create Moment date', () => {
+    expect(adapter.createDate(2017, JAN, 1).format()).toEqual(moment([2017,  JAN,  1]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should not create Moment date with month over/under-flow', () => {
+    expect(() => adapter.createDate(2017, DEC + 1, 1)).toThrow();
+    expect(() => adapter.createDate(2017, JAN - 1, 1)).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('should not create Moment date with date over/under-flow', () => {
+    expect(() => adapter.createDate(2017, JAN, 32)).toThrow();
+    expect(() => adapter.createDate(2017, JAN, 0)).toThrow();
+  });
+
+  it('should create Moment date with low year number', () => {
+    expect(adapter.createDate(-1, JAN, 1).year()).toBe(-1);
+    expect(adapter.createDate(0, JAN, 1).year()).toBe(0);
+    expect(adapter.createDate(50, JAN, 1).year()).toBe(50);
+    expect(adapter.createDate(99, JAN, 1).year()).toBe(99);
+    expect(adapter.createDate(100, JAN, 1).year()).toBe(100);
+  });
+
+  it("should get today's date", () => {
+    expect(adapter.sameDate(adapter.today(), moment()))
+        .toBe(true, "should be equal to today's date");
+  });
+
+  it('should parse string according to given format', () => {
+    expect(adapter.parse('1/2/2017', 'MM/DD/YYYY')!.format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]).format());
+    expect(adapter.parse('1/2/2017', 'DD/MM/YYYY')!.format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017,  FEB,  1]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should parse number', () => {
+    let timestamp = new Date().getTime();
+    expect(adapter.parse(timestamp, 'MM/DD/YYYY')!.format()).toEqual(moment(timestamp).format());
+  });
+
+  it ('should parse Date', () => {
+    let date = new Date(2017, JAN, 1);
+    expect(adapter.parse(date, 'MM/DD/YYYY')!.format()).toEqual(moment(date).format());
+  });
+
+  it ('should parse Moment date', () => {
+    let date = moment([2017,  JAN,  1]);
+    let parsedDate = adapter.parse(date, 'MM/DD/YYYY');
+    expect(parsedDate!.format()).toEqual(date.format());
+    expect(parsedDate).not.toBe(date);
+  });
+
+  it('should parse empty string as null', () => {
+    expect(adapter.parse('', 'MM/DD/YYYY')).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it('should parse invalid value as invalid', () => {
+    let d = adapter.parse('hello', 'MM/DD/YYYY');
+    expect(d).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(adapter.isDateInstance(d))
+        .toBe(true, 'Expected string to have been fed through Date.parse');
+    expect(adapter.isValid(d as moment.Moment))
+        .toBe(false, 'Expected to parse as "invalid date" object');
+  });
+
+  it('should format date according to given format', () => {
+    expect(adapter.format(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]), 'MM/DD/YYYY')).toEqual('01/02/2017');
+    expect(adapter.format(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]), 'DD/MM/YYYY')).toEqual('02/01/2017');
+  });
+
+  it('should format with a different locale', () => {
+    expect(adapter.format(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]), 'll')).toEqual('Jan 2, 2017');
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(adapter.format(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]), 'll')).toEqual('2017年1月2日');
+  });
+
+  it('should throw when attempting to format invalid date', () => {
+    expect(() => adapter.format(moment(NaN), 'MM/DD/YYYY'))
+        .toThrowError(/MomentDateAdapter: Cannot format invalid date\./);
+  });
+
+  it('should add years', () => {
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarYears(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), 1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2018, JAN, 1]).format());
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarYears(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), -1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2016, JAN, 1]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should respect leap years when adding years', () => {
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarYears(moment([2016, FEB, 29]), 1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017, FEB, 28]).format());
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarYears(moment([2016, FEB, 29]), -1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2015, FEB, 28]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should add months', () => {
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarMonths(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), 1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017, FEB, 1]).format());
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarMonths(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), -1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2016, DEC, 1]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should respect month length differences when adding months', () => {
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarMonths(moment([2017, JAN, 31]), 1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017, FEB, 28]).format());
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarMonths(moment([2017, MAR, 31]), -1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017, FEB, 28]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should add days', () => {
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarDays(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), 1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2017, JAN, 2]).format());
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarDays(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), -1).format())
+        .toEqual(moment([2016, DEC, 31]).format());
+  });
+
+  it('should clone', () => {
+    let date = moment([2017, JAN, 1]);
+    expect(adapter.clone(date).format()).toEqual(date.format());
+    expect(adapter.clone(date)).not.toBe(date);
+  });
+
+  it('should compare dates', () => {
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), moment([2017, JAN, 2]))).toBeLessThan(0);
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), moment([2017, FEB, 1]))).toBeLessThan(0);
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), moment([2018, JAN, 1]))).toBeLessThan(0);
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2017, JAN, 1]), moment([2017, JAN, 1]))).toBe(0);
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2018, JAN, 1]), moment([2017, JAN, 1]))).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2017, FEB, 1]), moment([2017, JAN, 1]))).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+    expect(adapter.compareDate(moment([2017, JAN, 2]), moment([2017, JAN, 1]))).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  });
+
+  it('should clamp date at lower bound', () => {
+    expect(adapter.clampDate(
+        moment([2017, JAN, 1]), moment([2018, JAN, 1]), moment([2019, JAN, 1])))
+        .toEqual(moment([2018, JAN, 1]));
+  });
+
+  it('should clamp date at upper bound', () => {
+    expect(adapter.clampDate(
+        moment([2020, JAN, 1]), moment([2018, JAN, 1]), moment([2019, JAN, 1])))
+        .toEqual(moment([2019, JAN, 1]));
+  });
+
+  it('should clamp date already within bounds', () => {
+    expect(adapter.clampDate(
+        moment([2018, FEB, 1]), moment([2018, JAN, 1]), moment([2019, JAN, 1])))
+        .toEqual(moment([2018, FEB, 1]));
+  });
+
+  it('should count today as a valid date instance', () => {
+    let d = moment();
+    expect(adapter.isValid(d)).toBe(true);
+    expect(adapter.isDateInstance(d)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should count an invalid date as an invalid date instance', () => {
+    let d = moment(NaN);
+    expect(adapter.isValid(d)).toBe(false);
+    expect(adapter.isDateInstance(d)).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it('should count a string as not a date instance', () => {
+    let d = '1/1/2017';
+    expect(adapter.isDateInstance(d)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('should count a Date as not a date instance', () => {
+    let d = new Date();
+    expect(adapter.isDateInstance(d)).toBe(false);
+  });
+
+  it('setLocale should not modify global moment locale', () => {
+    expect(moment.locale()).toBe('en');
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(moment.locale()).toBe('en');
+  });
+
+  it('returned Moments should have correct locale', () => {
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    expect(adapter.createDate(2017, JAN, 1).locale()).toBe('ja');
+    expect(adapter.today().locale()).toBe('ja');
+    expect(adapter.clone(moment()).locale()).toBe('ja');
+    expect(adapter.parse('1/1/2017', 'MM/DD/YYYY')!.locale()).toBe('ja');
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarDays(moment(), 1).locale()).toBe('ja');
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarMonths(moment(), 1).locale()).toBe('ja');
+    expect(adapter.addCalendarYears(moment(), 1).locale()).toBe('ja');
+  });
+
+  it('should not change locale of Moments passed as params', () => {
+    let date = moment();
+    expect(date.locale()).toBe('en');
+    adapter.setLocale('ja-JP');
+    adapter.getYear(date);
+    adapter.getMonth(date);
+    adapter.getDate(date);
+    adapter.getDayOfWeek(date);
+    adapter.getYearName(date);
+    adapter.getNumDaysInMonth(date);
+    adapter.clone(date);
+    adapter.parse(date, 'MM/DD/YYYY');
+    adapter.format(date, 'MM/DD/YYYY');
+    adapter.addCalendarDays(date, 1);
+    adapter.addCalendarMonths(date, 1);
+    adapter.addCalendarYears(date, 1);
+    adapter.getISODateString(date);
+    adapter.isDateInstance(date);
+    adapter.isValid(date);
+    expect(date.locale()).toBe('en');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('MomentDateAdapter with MAT_DATE_LOCALE override', () => {
+  let adapter: MomentDateAdapter;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [MomentDateModule],
+      providers: [{provide: MAT_DATE_LOCALE, useValue: 'ja-JP'}]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(inject([DateAdapter], (d: MomentDateAdapter) => {
+    adapter = d;
+  }));
+
+  it('should take the default locale id from the MAT_DATE_LOCALE injection token', () => {
+    expect(adapter.format(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]), 'll')).toEqual('2017年1月2日');
+  });
+});
+
+describe('MomentDateAdapter with LOCALE_ID override', () => {
+  let adapter: MomentDateAdapter;
+
+  beforeEach(async(() => {
+    TestBed.configureTestingModule({
+      imports: [MomentDateModule],
+      providers: [{provide: LOCALE_ID, useValue: 'fr'}]
+    }).compileComponents();
+  }));
+
+  beforeEach(inject([DateAdapter], (d: MomentDateAdapter) => {
+    adapter = d;
+  }));
+
+  it('should take the default locale id from the LOCALE_ID injection token', () => {
+    expect(adapter.format(moment([2017,  JAN,  2]), 'll')).toEqual('2 janv. 2017');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-adapter.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-adapter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a941eec54354
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-adapter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,184 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {Inject, Injectable, Optional} from '@angular/core';
+import {DateAdapter, MAT_DATE_LOCALE} from '@angular/material';
+
+// Depending on whether rollup is used, moment needs to be imported differently.
+// Since Moment.js doesn't have a default export, we normally need to import using the `* as`
+// syntax. However, rollup creates a synthetic default module and we thus need to import it using
+// the `default as` syntax.
+// TODO(mmalerba): See if we can clean this up at some point.
+import {default as _rollupMoment, Moment} from 'moment';
+import * as _moment from 'moment';
+const moment = _rollupMoment || _moment;
+
+
+/** Creates an array and fills it with values. */
+function range<T>(length: number, valueFunction: (index: number) => T): T[] {
+  const valuesArray = Array(length);
+  for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+    valuesArray[i] = valueFunction(i);
+  }
+  return valuesArray;
+}
+
+
+/** Adapts Moment.js Dates for use with Angular Material. */
+@Injectable()
+export class MomentDateAdapter extends DateAdapter<Moment> {
+  // Note: all of the methods that accept a `Moment` input parameter immediately call `this.clone`
+  // on it. This is to ensure that we're working with a `Moment` that has the correct locale setting
+  // while avoiding mutating the original object passed to us. Just calling `.locale(...)` on the
+  // input would mutate the object.
+
+  private _localeData: {
+    firstDayOfWeek: number,
+    longMonths: string[],
+    shortMonths: string[],
+    dates: string[],
+    longDaysOfWeek: string[],
+    shortDaysOfWeek: string[],
+    narrowDaysOfWeek: string[]
+  };
+
+  constructor(@Optional() @Inject(MAT_DATE_LOCALE) dateLocale: string) {
+    super();
+    this.setLocale(dateLocale || moment.locale());
+  }
+
+  setLocale(locale: string) {
+    super.setLocale(locale);
+
+    let momentLocaleData = moment.localeData(locale);
+    this._localeData = {
+      firstDayOfWeek: momentLocaleData.firstDayOfWeek(),
+      longMonths: momentLocaleData.months(),
+      shortMonths: momentLocaleData.monthsShort(),
+      dates: range(31, (i) => this.createDate(2017, 0, i + 1).format('D')),
+      longDaysOfWeek: momentLocaleData.weekdays(),
+      shortDaysOfWeek: momentLocaleData.weekdaysShort(),
+      narrowDaysOfWeek: momentLocaleData.weekdaysMin(),
+    };
+  }
+
+  getYear(date: Moment): number {
+    return this.clone(date).year();
+  }
+
+  getMonth(date: Moment): number {
+    return this.clone(date).month();
+  }
+
+  getDate(date: Moment): number {
+    return this.clone(date).date();
+  }
+
+  getDayOfWeek(date: Moment): number {
+    return this.clone(date).day();
+  }
+
+  getMonthNames(style: 'long' | 'short' | 'narrow'): string[] {
+    // Moment.js doesn't support narrow month names, so we just use short if narrow is requested.
+    return style == 'long' ? this._localeData.longMonths : this._localeData.shortMonths;
+  }
+
+  getDateNames(): string[] {
+    return this._localeData.dates;
+  }
+
+  getDayOfWeekNames(style: 'long' | 'short' | 'narrow'): string[] {
+    if (style == 'long') {
+      return this._localeData.longDaysOfWeek;
+    }
+    if (style == 'short') {
+      return this._localeData.shortDaysOfWeek;
+    }
+    return this._localeData.narrowDaysOfWeek;
+  }
+
+  getYearName(date: Moment): string {
+    return this.clone(date).format('YYYY');
+  }
+
+  getFirstDayOfWeek(): number {
+    return this._localeData.firstDayOfWeek;
+  }
+
+  getNumDaysInMonth(date: Moment): number {
+    return this.clone(date).daysInMonth();
+  }
+
+  clone(date: Moment): Moment {
+    return date.clone().locale(this.locale);
+  }
+
+  createDate(year: number, month: number, date: number): Moment {
+    // Moment.js will create an invalid date if any of the components are out of bounds, but we
+    // explicitly check each case so we can throw more descriptive errors.
+    if (month < 0 || month > 11) {
+      throw Error(`Invalid month index "${month}". Month index has to be between 0 and 11.`);
+    }
+
+    if (date < 1) {
+      throw Error(`Invalid date "${date}". Date has to be greater than 0.`);
+    }
+
+    let result = moment({year, month, date}).locale(this.locale);
+
+    // If the result isn't valid, the date must have been out of bounds for this month.
+    if (!result.isValid()) {
+      throw Error(`Invalid date "${date}" for month with index "${month}".`);
+    }
+
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  today(): Moment {
+    return moment().locale(this.locale);
+  }
+
+  parse(value: any, parseFormat: string | string[]): Moment | null {
+    if (value && typeof value == 'string') {
+      return moment(value, parseFormat, this.locale);
+    }
+    return value ? moment(value).locale(this.locale) : null;
+  }
+
+  format(date: Moment, displayFormat: string): string {
+    date = this.clone(date);
+    if (!this.isValid(date)) {
+      throw Error('MomentDateAdapter: Cannot format invalid date.');
+    }
+    return date.format(displayFormat);
+  }
+
+  addCalendarYears(date: Moment, years: number): Moment {
+    return this.clone(date).add({years});
+  }
+
+  addCalendarMonths(date: Moment, months: number): Moment {
+    return this.clone(date).add({months});
+  }
+
+  addCalendarDays(date: Moment, days: number): Moment {
+    return this.clone(date).add({days});
+  }
+
+  getISODateString(date: Moment): string {
+    return this.clone(date).format();
+  }
+
+  isDateInstance(obj: any): boolean {
+    return moment.isMoment(obj);
+  }
+
+  isValid(date: Moment): boolean {
+    return this.clone(date).isValid();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-formats.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-formats.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6f4747f0493c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/adapter/moment-date-formats.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
+ */
+
+import {MdDateFormats} from '@angular/material';
+
+
+export const MD_MOMENT_DATE_FORMATS: MdDateFormats = {
+  parse: {
+    dateInput: 'l',
+  },
+  display: {
+    dateInput: 'l',
+    monthYearLabel: 'MMM YYYY',
+    dateA11yLabel: 'LL',
+    monthYearA11yLabel: 'MMMM YYYY',
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/index.spec.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/index.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a1ef3b6c1707..000000000000
--- a/src/material-moment-adapter/index.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import {_momentAdapter} from './public_api';
-
-describe('moment-adapter', () => {
-
-  it('should be tested when running the tests', () => {
-    expect(_momentAdapter).toBe(0);
-  });
-
-});
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json b/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json
index 116617becbc5..8e50eeac9aa7 100644
--- a/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/angular/material2#readme",
   "peerDependencies": {
     "@angular/material": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
-    "@angular/core": "^4.0.0"
+    "@angular/core": "^4.0.0",
+    "moment": "^2.18.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "tslib": "^1.7.1"
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts b/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts
index 5f61ef654dcc..8d50b96839d7 100644
--- a/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/public_api.ts
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-export const _momentAdapter = 0;
+export * from './adapter';
diff --git a/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json b/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json
index de8b8dab6d0f..e964dd29752b 100644
--- a/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json
+++ b/src/material-moment-adapter/tsconfig-build.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // needs to be ES2015 since the build process will create FESM bundles using rollup.
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    // Needed for Moment.js since it doesn't have a default export.
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "declaration": true,
     "stripInternal": false,
diff --git a/test/karma-test-shim.js b/test/karma-test-shim.js
index 3dfeae04facc..51fb7450022c 100644
--- a/test/karma-test-shim.js
+++ b/test/karma-test-shim.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ System.config({
   map: {
     'rxjs': 'node:rxjs',
     'main': 'main.js',
+    'moment': 'node:moment/min/moment-with-locales.min.js',
 
     // Angular specific mappings.
     '@angular/core': 'node:@angular/core/bundles/core.umd.js',
diff --git a/test/karma.conf.js b/test/karma.conf.js
index c120d8a918e9..b2b39d0c7185 100644
--- a/test/karma.conf.js
+++ b/test/karma.conf.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ module.exports = (config) => {
       {pattern: 'node_modules/zone.js/dist/fake-async-test.js', included: true, watched: false},
       {pattern: 'node_modules/hammerjs/hammer.min.js', included: true, watched: false},
       {pattern: 'node_modules/hammerjs/hammer.min.js.map', included: false, watched: false},
+      {pattern: 'node_modules/moment/min/moment-with-locales.min.js', included: true, watched: false},
 
       // Include all Angular dependencies
       {pattern: 'node_modules/@angular/**/*', included: false, watched: false},
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/aot.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/aot.ts
index 9c7d35ba5baa..425e95bebccd 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/aot.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/aot.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const tsconfigFile = join(demoAppOut, 'tsconfig-aot.json');
 /** Builds the demo-app and material. To be able to run NGC, apply the metadata workaround. */
 task('aot:deps', sequenceTask(
   'build:devapp',
-  ['material:build-release', 'cdk:build-release'],
+  ['material:build-release', 'cdk:build-release', 'material-moment-adapter:build-release'],
   'aot:copy-release'
 ));
 
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ task('aot:deps', sequenceTask(
 task('aot:copy-release', () => {
   copySync(join(releasesDir, 'material'), join(demoAppOut, 'material'));
   copySync(join(releasesDir, 'cdk'), join(demoAppOut, 'cdk'));
+  copySync(
+      join(releasesDir, 'material-moment-adapter'), join(demoAppOut, 'material-moment-adapter'));
 });
 
 /** Build the demo-app and a release to confirm that the library is AOT-compatible. */
diff --git a/tools/gulp/tasks/development.ts b/tools/gulp/tasks/development.ts
index 5d8174a1c4d4..313a74239129 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/tasks/development.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/tasks/development.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ const materialOutPath = join(outputDir, 'packages', 'material');
 
 /** Array of vendors that are required to serve the demo-app. */
 const appVendors = [
-  '@angular', 'systemjs', 'zone.js', 'rxjs', 'hammerjs', 'core-js', 'web-animations-js'
+  '@angular', 'systemjs', 'zone.js', 'rxjs', 'hammerjs', 'core-js', 'web-animations-js', 'moment',
 ];
 
 /** Glob that matches all required vendors for the demo-app. */
diff --git a/tools/gulp/util/task_helpers.ts b/tools/gulp/util/task_helpers.ts
index b9d6edbc5b79..8a109e8ae27b 100644
--- a/tools/gulp/util/task_helpers.ts
+++ b/tools/gulp/util/task_helpers.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,9 @@ export function buildAppTask(appName: string) {
     .filter(taskName => gulp.hasTask(taskName));
 
   return sequenceTask(
-    'material:clean-build',
+    // Build all required packages for serving the devapp by just building the moment-adapter
+    // package. All dependencies of that package (material, cdk) will be built automatically.
+    'material-moment-adapter:clean-build',
     [...buildTasks]
   );
 }
diff --git a/tools/package-tools/rollup-globals.ts b/tools/package-tools/rollup-globals.ts
index 55e513bb9537..7800d3530c51 100644
--- a/tools/package-tools/rollup-globals.ts
+++ b/tools/package-tools/rollup-globals.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const rollupCdkEntryPoints = cdkSecondaryEntryPoints.reduce((globals: any, entry
 /** Map of globals that are used inside of the different packages. */
 export const rollupGlobals = {
   'tslib': 'tslib',
+  'moment': 'moment',
 
   '@angular/animations': 'ng.animations',
   '@angular/core': 'ng.core',
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 6df0c68296f1..e06d166854ce 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 // IDEs and TSLint. For IDEs it ensures that `experimentalDecorator` warnings are not showing up.
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    // Needed for Moment.js since it doesn't have a default export.
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "rootDir": ".",
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "module": "es2015",
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@
     "paths": {
       "@angular/material": ["./src/lib/public_api.ts"],
       "@angular/cdk/*": ["./src/cdk/*"],
+      "@angular/material-moment-adapter": ["./src/material-moment-adapter"],
       "@angular/material-examples": ["./src/material-examples"],
       "material2-build-tools": ["./tools/package-tools"]
     }