diff --git a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/timestamp.rs b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/timestamp.rs
index 18cc46ae440d..fc9b99f14dd0 100644
--- a/datafusion/core/tests/sql/timestamp.rs
+++ b/datafusion/core/tests/sql/timestamp.rs
@@ -1572,7 +1572,6 @@ async fn test_current_time() -> Result<()> {
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn test_ts_dt_binary_ops() -> Result<()> {
     let ctx = SessionContext::new();
-
     // test cast in where clause
     let sql =
         "select count(1) result from (select now() as n) a where n = '2000-01-01'::date";
@@ -1631,5 +1630,55 @@ async fn test_ts_dt_binary_ops() -> Result<()> {
 
     assert_batches_eq!(expected, &results);
 
+    //test cast path timestamp date using literals
+    let sql = "select '2000-01-01'::timestamp >= '2000-01-01'::date";
+    let df = ctx.sql(sql).await.unwrap();
+
+    let plan = df.explain(true, false)?.collect().await?;
+    let batch = &plan[0];
+    let mut res: Option<String> = None;
+    for row in 0..batch.num_rows() {
+        if &array_value_to_string(batch.column(0), row)?
+            == "logical_plan after type_coercion"
+        {
+            res = Some(array_value_to_string(batch.column(1), row)?);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(res, Some("Projection: CAST(Utf8(\"2000-01-01\") AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None)) >= CAST(CAST(Utf8(\"2000-01-01\") AS Date32) AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None))\n  EmptyRelation".to_string()));
+
+    //test cast path timestamp date using function
+    let sql = "select now() >= '2000-01-01'::date";
+    let df = ctx.sql(sql).await.unwrap();
+
+    let plan = df.explain(true, false)?.collect().await?;
+    let batch = &plan[0];
+    let mut res: Option<String> = None;
+    for row in 0..batch.num_rows() {
+        if &array_value_to_string(batch.column(0), row)?
+            == "logical_plan after type_coercion"
+        {
+            res = Some(array_value_to_string(batch.column(1), row)?);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(res, Some("Projection: CAST(now() AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None)) >= CAST(CAST(Utf8(\"2000-01-01\") AS Date32) AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None))\n  EmptyRelation".to_string()));
+
+    let sql = "select now() = current_date()";
+    let df = ctx.sql(sql).await.unwrap();
+
+    let plan = df.explain(true, false)?.collect().await?;
+    let batch = &plan[0];
+    let mut res: Option<String> = None;
+    for row in 0..batch.num_rows() {
+        if &array_value_to_string(batch.column(0), row)?
+            == "logical_plan after type_coercion"
+        {
+            res = Some(array_value_to_string(batch.column(1), row)?);
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    assert_eq!(res, Some("Projection: CAST(now() AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None)) = CAST(currentdate() AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None))\n  EmptyRelation".to_string()));
+
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/binary.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/binary.rs
index d2923c8dbfae..d942d1cf1cbe 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/binary.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/binary.rs
@@ -541,33 +541,30 @@ fn is_time_with_valid_unit(datatype: DataType) -> bool {
 fn temporal_coercion(lhs_type: &DataType, rhs_type: &DataType) -> Option<DataType> {
     use arrow::datatypes::DataType::*;
     match (lhs_type, rhs_type) {
-        (Date64, Date32) => Some(Date64),
-        (Date32, Date64) => Some(Date64),
-        (Utf8, Date32) => Some(Date32),
-        (Date32, Utf8) => Some(Date32),
-        (Utf8, Date64) => Some(Date64),
-        (Date64, Utf8) => Some(Date64),
-        (Utf8, Time32(unit)) => match is_time_with_valid_unit(Time32(unit.clone())) {
-            false => None,
-            true => Some(Time32(unit.clone())),
-        },
-        (Time32(unit), Utf8) => match is_time_with_valid_unit(Time32(unit.clone())) {
-            false => None,
-            true => Some(Time32(unit.clone())),
-        },
-        (Utf8, Time64(unit)) => match is_time_with_valid_unit(Time64(unit.clone())) {
-            false => None,
-            true => Some(Time64(unit.clone())),
-        },
-        (Time64(unit), Utf8) => match is_time_with_valid_unit(Time64(unit.clone())) {
-            false => None,
-            true => Some(Time64(unit.clone())),
-        },
-        (Timestamp(_, tz), Utf8) => Some(Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, tz.clone())),
-        (Utf8, Timestamp(_, tz)) => Some(Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, tz.clone())),
-        // TODO: need to investigate the result type for the comparison between timestamp and date
-        (Timestamp(_, _), Date32) => Some(Date32),
-        (Timestamp(_, _), Date64) => Some(Date64),
+        (Date64, Date32) | (Date32, Date64) => Some(Date64),
+        (Utf8, Date32) | (Date32, Utf8) => Some(Date32),
+        (Utf8, Date64) | (Date64, Utf8) => Some(Date64),
+        (Utf8, Time32(unit)) | (Time32(unit), Utf8) => {
+            match is_time_with_valid_unit(Time32(unit.clone())) {
+                false => None,
+                true => Some(Time32(unit.clone())),
+            }
+        }
+        (Utf8, Time64(unit)) | (Time64(unit), Utf8) => {
+            match is_time_with_valid_unit(Time64(unit.clone())) {
+                false => None,
+                true => Some(Time64(unit.clone())),
+            }
+        }
+        (Timestamp(_, tz), Utf8) | (Utf8, Timestamp(_, tz)) => {
+            Some(Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, tz.clone()))
+        }
+        (Timestamp(_, None), Date32) | (Date32, Timestamp(_, None)) => {
+            Some(Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, None))
+        }
+        (Timestamp(_, _tz), Date32) | (Date32, Timestamp(_, _tz)) => {
+            Some(Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, None))
+        }
         (Timestamp(lhs_unit, lhs_tz), Timestamp(rhs_unit, rhs_tz)) => {
             let tz = match (lhs_tz, rhs_tz) {
                 // can't cast across timezones
diff --git a/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs b/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs
index f58050eb9415..a732c552bee7 100644
--- a/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs
+++ b/datafusion/expr/src/type_coercion/functions.rs
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ pub fn can_coerce_from(type_into: &DataType, type_from: &DataType) -> bool {
                 | Float64
                 | Decimal128(_, _)
         ),
-        Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, None) => {
-            matches!(type_from, Null | Timestamp(_, None))
+        Timestamp(TimeUnit::Nanosecond, _) => {
+            matches!(type_from, Null | Timestamp(_, _) | Date32)
         }
         Utf8 | LargeUtf8 => true,
         Null => can_cast_types(type_from, type_into),
diff --git a/datafusion/optimizer/src/type_coercion.rs b/datafusion/optimizer/src/type_coercion.rs
index e335c9ff5f85..96dacab512ef 100644
--- a/datafusion/optimizer/src/type_coercion.rs
+++ b/datafusion/optimizer/src/type_coercion.rs
@@ -1038,4 +1038,23 @@ mod test {
         Ok(())
         // TODO add more test for this
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn binary_op_date32_eq_ts() -> Result<()> {
+        let expr = cast(
+            lit("1998-03-18"),
+            DataType::Timestamp(arrow::datatypes::TimeUnit::Nanosecond, None),
+        )
+        .eq(cast(lit("1998-03-18"), DataType::Date32));
+        let empty = Arc::new(LogicalPlan::EmptyRelation(EmptyRelation {
+            produce_one_row: false,
+            schema: Arc::new(DFSchema::empty()),
+        }));
+        let plan = LogicalPlan::Projection(Projection::try_new(vec![expr], empty)?);
+        dbg!(&plan);
+        let expected =
+            "Projection: CAST(Utf8(\"1998-03-18\") AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None)) = CAST(CAST(Utf8(\"1998-03-18\") AS Date32) AS Timestamp(Nanosecond, None))\n  EmptyRelation";
+        assert_optimized_plan_eq(&plan, expected)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }