diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactory.java
index 091eabee..fb40000d 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactory.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import java.util.function.Predicate;
 import org.springframework.tuple.Tuple;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 
-import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.parseZonedDateTime;
-
 /**
  * @author Spencer Gibb
  */
@@ -41,11 +39,13 @@ public class AfterRoutePredicateFactory implements RoutePredicateFactory {
 
 	@Override
 	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(Tuple args) {
-		final ZonedDateTime dateTime = parseZonedDateTime(args.getString(DATETIME_KEY));
+		Object value = args.getValue(DATETIME_KEY);
+		final ZonedDateTime dateTime = BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.getZonedDateTime(value);
 
 		return exchange -> {
 			final ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
 			return now.isAfter(dateTime);
 		};
 	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactory.java
index a8345383..6895f864 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactory.java
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ public class BeforeRoutePredicateFactory implements RoutePredicateFactory {
 
 	@Override
 	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(Tuple args) {
-		final ZonedDateTime dateTime = parseZonedDateTime(args.getString(DATETIME_KEY));
+		Object value = args.getValue(DATETIME_KEY);
+		final ZonedDateTime dateTime = BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.getZonedDateTime(value);
 
 		return exchange -> {
 			final ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.java
index 7aaa1b26..5ff4e79c 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.java
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ public class BetweenRoutePredicateFactory implements RoutePredicateFactory {
 	@Override
 	public Predicate<ServerWebExchange> apply(Tuple args) {
 		//TODO: is ZonedDateTime the right thing to use?
-		final ZonedDateTime dateTime1 = parseZonedDateTime(args.getString(DATETIME1_KEY));
-		final ZonedDateTime dateTime2 = parseZonedDateTime(args.getString(DATETIME2_KEY));
-		Assert.isTrue(dateTime1.isBefore(dateTime2), args.getString(DATETIME1_KEY) +
-				" must be before " + args.getString(DATETIME2_KEY));
+		final ZonedDateTime dateTime1 = getZonedDateTime(args.getValue(DATETIME1_KEY));
+		final ZonedDateTime dateTime2 = getZonedDateTime(args.getValue(DATETIME2_KEY));
+		Assert.isTrue(dateTime1.isBefore(dateTime2), args.getValue(DATETIME1_KEY) +
+				" must be before " + args.getValue(DATETIME2_KEY));
 
 		return exchange -> {
 			final ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@ public class BetweenRoutePredicateFactory implements RoutePredicateFactory {
 		};
 	}
 
+	public static ZonedDateTime getZonedDateTime(Object value) {
+		ZonedDateTime dateTime;
+		if (value instanceof ZonedDateTime) {
+			dateTime = ZonedDateTime.class.cast(value);
+		} else {
+			dateTime = parseZonedDateTime(value.toString());
+		}
+		return dateTime;
+	}
+
 	public static ZonedDateTime parseZonedDateTime(String dateString) {
 		ZonedDateTime dateTime;
 		try {
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RoutePredicates.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RoutePredicates.java
index 0fad6194..306ee58a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RoutePredicates.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/RoutePredicates.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate;
 
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
 
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.MethodRoutePredicateFactory.METHOD_KEY;
@@ -30,11 +31,18 @@ import static org.springframework.tuple.TupleBuilder.tuple;
  */
 public class RoutePredicates {
 
-	//TODO: add support for AfterRoutePredicateFactory
+	public static Predicate<ServerWebExchange> after(ZonedDateTime datetime) {
+		return new AfterRoutePredicateFactory().apply(tuple().of(AfterRoutePredicateFactory.DATETIME_KEY, datetime));
+	}
 
-	//TODO: add support for BeforeRoutePredicateFactory
+	public static Predicate<ServerWebExchange> before(ZonedDateTime datetime) {
+		return new BeforeRoutePredicateFactory().apply(tuple().of(BeforeRoutePredicateFactory.DATETIME_KEY, datetime));
+	}
 
-	//TODO: add support for BetweenRoutePredicateFactory
+	public static Predicate<ServerWebExchange> between(ZonedDateTime datetime1, ZonedDateTime datetime2) {
+		return new BetweenRoutePredicateFactory().apply(tuple()
+				.of(BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.DATETIME1_KEY, datetime1, BetweenRoutePredicateFactory.DATETIME2_KEY, datetime2));
+	}
 
 	//TODO: add support for CookieRoutePredicateFactory
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
index f1c43129..c5efcb8a 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/AfterRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.AfterRoutePredicateFactory.DATETIME_KEY;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests.getExchange;
@@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ public class AfterRoutePredicateFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(result).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testPredicates() {
+		boolean result = RoutePredicates.after(ZonedDateTime.now().minusHours(2)).test(getExchange());
+		assertThat(result).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	private boolean runPredicate(String dateString) {
 		return new AfterRoutePredicateFactory().apply(tuple().of(DATETIME_KEY, dateString)).test(getExchange());
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
index 1fe8612a..1b752412 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BeforeRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.BeforeRoutePredicateFactory.DATETIME_KEY;
 import static org.springframework.cloud.gateway.handler.predicate.BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests.getExchange;
@@ -69,6 +71,12 @@ public class BeforeRoutePredicateFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(result).isTrue();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testPredicates() {
+		boolean result = RoutePredicates.before(ZonedDateTime.now().minusHours(2)).test(getExchange());
+		assertThat(result).isFalse();
+	}
+
 	private boolean runPredicate(String dateString) {
 		return new BeforeRoutePredicateFactory().apply(tuple().of(DATETIME_KEY, dateString)).test(getExchange());
 	}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
index add92802..b85a4126 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/handler/predicate/BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests.java
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ public class BetweenRoutePredicateFactoryTests {
 		assertThat(result).as("Now is not after %s", dateString1).isFalse();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testPredicates() {
+		boolean result = RoutePredicates
+				.between(ZonedDateTime.now().minusHours(2), ZonedDateTime.now().plusHours(1))
+				.test(getExchange());
+		assertThat(result).isTrue();
+	}
+
 	boolean runPredicate(String dateString1, String dateString2) {
 		return new BetweenRoutePredicateFactory().apply(tuple()
 				.of(DATETIME1_KEY, dateString1, DATETIME2_KEY, dateString2)).test(getExchange());