diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index d96954e8..323d3d57 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ http://visjs.org
   individual items.
 - Fixed height of BackgroundItems not being 100% when timeline has a fixed height.
 - Fixed width of BackgroundItems not being reduced to 0 when zooming out.
-- Fixed onclick events in items not working. 
+- Fixed onclick events in items not working.
+- Added hiddenDates to hide specific times and/or days in the timeline.
 
 ### DataSet
 
diff --git a/dist/vis.js b/dist/vis.js
index 80cac987..33071695 100644
--- a/dist/vis.js
+++ b/dist/vis.js
@@ -12575,13 +12575,13 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
    * @param Core
    */
   exports.convertHiddenOptions = function(body, hiddenDates) {
-    var hiddenTimes = hiddenDates.specific;
-    if (hiddenTimes) {
-      if (Array.isArray(hiddenTimes) == true) {
-        for (var i = 0; i < hiddenTimes.length; i++) {
+    var specificHiddenDates = hiddenDates.specific;
+    if (specificHiddenDates) {
+      if (Array.isArray(specificHiddenDates) == true) {
+        for (var i = 0; i < specificHiddenDates.length; i++) {
           var dateItem = {};
-          dateItem.start = moment(hiddenTimes[i].start).toDate().valueOf();
-          dateItem.end = moment(hiddenTimes[i].end).toDate().valueOf();
+          dateItem.start = moment(specificHiddenDates[i].start).toDate().valueOf();
+          dateItem.end = moment(specificHiddenDates[i].end).toDate().valueOf();
           body.hiddenDates.push(dateItem);
         }
         body.hiddenDates.sort(function (a, b) {
@@ -12590,12 +12590,26 @@ return /******/ (function(modules) { // webpackBootstrap
       }
       else {
         body.hiddenDates = [{
-          start: moment(hiddenTimes.start).toDate().valueOf(),
-          end: moment(hiddenTimes.end).toDate().valueOf()
+          start: moment(specificHiddenDates.start).toDate().valueOf(),
+          end: moment(specificHiddenDates.end).toDate().valueOf()
         }
         ];
       }
     }
+
+    var periodicHiddenDates = hiddenDates.periodic;
+    if (periodicHiddenDates) {
+      if (periodicHiddenDates.times) {
+        if (Array.isArray(periodicHiddenDates.times) != true) {
+          periodicHiddenDates.times = [periodicHiddenDates.times];
+        }
+      }
+      if (periodicHiddenDates.days) {
+        if (Array.isArray(periodicHiddenDates.days) != true) {
+          periodicHiddenDates.days = [periodicHiddenDates.days];
+        }
+      }
+    }
   };
 
   exports.updateHiddenDates = function (body, hiddenDates) {
diff --git a/docs/timeline.html b/docs/timeline.html
index ef1c57ca..38fc5dd0 100644
--- a/docs/timeline.html
+++ b/docs/timeline.html
@@ -479,6 +479,45 @@ var options = {
     </td>
 </tr>
 
+<tr>
+    <td>hiddenDates</td>
+    <td>Object</td>
+    <td>none</td>
+    <td>This option allows you to hide specific timespans from the time axis. For usage, look at the object definitions below.
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>hiddenDates.specific</td>
+    <td>Array | Object</td>
+    <td>none</td>
+    <td>The specific hiddenDates are manually, fully defined dates that will be hidden from the timeline. The dates can be supplied as an object:
+        <code>{start: '2014-03-21 00:00:00', end: '2014-03-28 00:00:00'}</code> or as an Array of these objects.
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>hiddenDates.periodic</td>
+    <td>Object</td>
+    <td>none</td>
+    <td>This option can be used to specify recurring days and times that have to be hidden from view (weekends, working hours etc.).
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>hiddenDates.periodic.times</td>
+    <td>Array | Object</td>
+    <td>none</td>
+    <td>You can manually specify times which will then be hidden every day on the timeline. These are defined as an object: <code>{start:'20:00:00', end:'09:00:00'}</code>
+         or as an Array of these objects.
+    </td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+    <td>hiddenDates.periodic.days</td>
+    <td>Array | Object</td>
+    <td>none</td>
+    <td>You can manually specify days which will then be hidden every week on the timeline. These are defined as an object: <code>{start:6, end:1}</code>
+        or as an Array of these objects. 1 stands for Monday and 7 stands for Sunday. So: <code>{start:6, end:1}</code> means hide Saturday and Sunday.
+    </td>
+</tr>
+
 <tr>
     <td>locale</td>
     <td>String</td>
diff --git a/examples/timeline/hiding_times.html b/examples/timeline/29_hiding_times.html
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/timeline/hiding_times.html
rename to examples/timeline/29_hiding_times.html
diff --git a/lib/timeline/DateUtil.js b/lib/timeline/DateUtil.js
index eefef9a0..2e9a13e6 100644
--- a/lib/timeline/DateUtil.js
+++ b/lib/timeline/DateUtil.js
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ var moment = require('../module/moment');
  * @param Core
  */
 exports.convertHiddenOptions = function(body, hiddenDates) {
-  var hiddenTimes = hiddenDates.specific;
-  if (hiddenTimes) {
-    if (Array.isArray(hiddenTimes) == true) {
-      for (var i = 0; i < hiddenTimes.length; i++) {
+  var specificHiddenDates = hiddenDates.specific;
+  if (specificHiddenDates) {
+    if (Array.isArray(specificHiddenDates) == true) {
+      for (var i = 0; i < specificHiddenDates.length; i++) {
         var dateItem = {};
-        dateItem.start = moment(hiddenTimes[i].start).toDate().valueOf();
-        dateItem.end = moment(hiddenTimes[i].end).toDate().valueOf();
+        dateItem.start = moment(specificHiddenDates[i].start).toDate().valueOf();
+        dateItem.end = moment(specificHiddenDates[i].end).toDate().valueOf();
         body.hiddenDates.push(dateItem);
       }
       body.hiddenDates.sort(function (a, b) {
@@ -25,12 +25,26 @@ exports.convertHiddenOptions = function(body, hiddenDates) {
     }
     else {
       body.hiddenDates = [{
-        start: moment(hiddenTimes.start).toDate().valueOf(),
-        end: moment(hiddenTimes.end).toDate().valueOf()
+        start: moment(specificHiddenDates.start).toDate().valueOf(),
+        end: moment(specificHiddenDates.end).toDate().valueOf()
       }
       ];
     }
   }
+
+  var periodicHiddenDates = hiddenDates.periodic;
+  if (periodicHiddenDates) {
+    if (periodicHiddenDates.times) {
+      if (Array.isArray(periodicHiddenDates.times) != true) {
+        periodicHiddenDates.times = [periodicHiddenDates.times];
+      }
+    }
+    if (periodicHiddenDates.days) {
+      if (Array.isArray(periodicHiddenDates.days) != true) {
+        periodicHiddenDates.days = [periodicHiddenDates.days];
+      }
+    }
+  }
 };
 
 exports.updateHiddenDates = function (body, hiddenDates) {