diff --git a/field.go b/field.go
index 83c1ea245..dd558fc23 100644
--- a/field.go
+++ b/field.go
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ import (
 // improves the navigability of this package's API documentation.
 type Field = zapcore.Field
 
+var (
+	_minTimeInt64 = time.Unix(0, math.MinInt64)
+	_maxTimeInt64 = time.Unix(0, math.MaxInt64)
+)
+
 // Skip constructs a no-op field, which is often useful when handling invalid
 // inputs in other Field constructors.
 func Skip() Field {
@@ -339,6 +344,9 @@ func Stringer(key string, val fmt.Stringer) Field {
 // Time constructs a Field with the given key and value. The encoder
 // controls how the time is serialized.
 func Time(key string, val time.Time) Field {
+	if val.Before(_minTimeInt64) || val.After(_maxTimeInt64) {
+		return Field{Key: key, Type: zapcore.TimeFullType, Interface: val}
+	}
 	return Field{Key: key, Type: zapcore.TimeType, Integer: val.UnixNano(), Interface: val.Location()}
 }
 
diff --git a/field_test.go b/field_test.go
index d25c964fb..cc7f2e564 100644
--- a/field_test.go
+++ b/field_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package zap
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -107,6 +108,10 @@ func TestFieldConstructors(t *testing.T) {
 		{"String", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.StringType, String: "foo"}, String("k", "foo")},
 		{"Time", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.TimeType, Integer: 0, Interface: time.UTC}, Time("k", time.Unix(0, 0).In(time.UTC))},
 		{"Time", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.TimeType, Integer: 1000, Interface: time.UTC}, Time("k", time.Unix(0, 1000).In(time.UTC))},
+		{"Time", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.TimeType, Integer: math.MinInt64, Interface: time.UTC}, Time("k", time.Unix(0, math.MinInt64).In(time.UTC))},
+		{"Time", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.TimeType, Integer: math.MaxInt64, Interface: time.UTC}, Time("k", time.Unix(0, math.MaxInt64).In(time.UTC))},
+		{"Time", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.TimeFullType, Interface: time.Time{}}, Time("k", time.Time{})},
+		{"Time", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.TimeFullType, Interface: time.Unix(math.MaxInt64, 0)}, Time("k", time.Unix(math.MaxInt64, 0))},
 		{"Uint", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.Uint64Type, Integer: 1}, Uint("k", 1)},
 		{"Uint64", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.Uint64Type, Integer: 1}, Uint64("k", 1)},
 		{"Uint32", Field{Key: "k", Type: zapcore.Uint32Type, Integer: 1}, Uint32("k", 1)},
diff --git a/zapcore/field.go b/zapcore/field.go
index ae772e4a1..6e05f831f 100644
--- a/zapcore/field.go
+++ b/zapcore/field.go
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ const (
 	Int8Type
 	// StringType indicates that the field carries a string.
 	StringType
-	// TimeType indicates that the field carries a time.Time.
+	// TimeType indicates that the field carries a time.Time that is
+	// representable by a UnixNano() stored as an int64.
 	TimeType
+	// TimeFullType indicates that the field carries a time.Time stored as-is.
+	TimeFullType
 	// Uint64Type indicates that the field carries a uint64.
 	Uint64Type
 	// Uint32Type indicates that the field carries a uint32.
@@ -145,6 +148,8 @@ func (f Field) AddTo(enc ObjectEncoder) {
 			// Fall back to UTC if location is nil.
 			enc.AddTime(f.Key, time.Unix(0, f.Integer))
 		}
+	case TimeFullType:
+		enc.AddTime(f.Key, f.Interface.(time.Time))
 	case Uint64Type:
 		enc.AddUint64(f.Key, uint64(f.Integer))
 	case Uint32Type:
diff --git a/zapcore/field_test.go b/zapcore/field_test.go
index 8ec045fd7..a0c9c12b7 100644
--- a/zapcore/field_test.go
+++ b/zapcore/field_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	. "go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
@@ -164,6 +165,14 @@ func TestFields(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestEquals(t *testing.T) {
+	// Values outside the UnixNano range were encoded incorrectly (#737, #803).
+	timeOutOfRangeHigh := time.Unix(0, math.MaxInt64).Add(time.Nanosecond)
+	timeOutOfRangeLow := time.Unix(0, math.MinInt64).Add(-time.Nanosecond)
+	timeOutOfRangeHighNano := time.Unix(0, timeOutOfRangeHigh.UnixNano())
+	timeOutOfRangeLowNano := time.Unix(0, timeOutOfRangeLow.UnixNano())
+	require.False(t, timeOutOfRangeHigh.Equal(timeOutOfRangeHighNano), "should be different as value is >  UnixNano range")
+	require.False(t, timeOutOfRangeHigh.Equal(timeOutOfRangeHighNano), "should be different as value is <  UnixNano range")
+
 	tests := []struct {
 		a, b Field
 		want bool
@@ -198,6 +207,16 @@ func TestEquals(t *testing.T) {
 			b:    zap.Time("k", time.Unix(1000, 1000).In(time.FixedZone("TEST", -8))),
 			want: false,
 		},
+		{
+			a:    zap.Time("k", timeOutOfRangeLow),
+			b:    zap.Time("k", timeOutOfRangeLowNano),
+			want: false,
+		},
+		{
+			a:    zap.Time("k", timeOutOfRangeHigh),
+			b:    zap.Time("k", timeOutOfRangeHighNano),
+			want: false,
+		},
 		{
 			a:    zap.Time("k", time.Unix(1000, 1000)),
 			b:    zap.Time("k", time.Unix(1000, 2000)),