diff --git a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
index 8b1edec20feee..b975191d41963 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCRDD.scala
@@ -350,8 +350,8 @@ private[sql] class JDBCRDD(
           val pos = i + 1
           conversions(i) match {
             case BooleanConversion    => mutableRow.setBoolean(i, rs.getBoolean(pos))
-            // TODO(davies): convert Date into Int
-            case DateConversion       => mutableRow.update(i, rs.getDate(pos))
+            case DateConversion       =>
+              mutableRow.update(i, DateUtils.fromJavaDate(rs.getDate(pos)))
             case DecimalConversion    => mutableRow.update(i, rs.getBigDecimal(pos))
             case DoubleConversion     => mutableRow.setDouble(i, rs.getDouble(pos))
             case FloatConversion      => mutableRow.setFloat(i, rs.getFloat(pos))
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
index 3596b183d4328..db096af4535a9 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/jdbc/JDBCSuite.scala
@@ -249,6 +249,13 @@ class JDBCSuite extends FunSuite with BeforeAndAfter {
     assert(rows(0).getAs[java.sql.Timestamp](2).getNanos === 543543543)
   }
 
+  test("test DATE types") {
+    val rows = TestSQLContext.jdbc(urlWithUserAndPass, "TEST.TIMETYPES").collect()
+    val cachedRows = TestSQLContext.jdbc(urlWithUserAndPass, "TEST.TIMETYPES").cache().collect()
+    assert(rows(0).getAs[java.sql.Date](1) === java.sql.Date.valueOf("1996-01-01"))
+    assert(cachedRows(0).getAs[java.sql.Date](1) === java.sql.Date.valueOf("1996-01-01"))
+  }
+
   test("H2 floating-point types") {
     val rows = sql("SELECT * FROM flttypes").collect()
     assert(rows(0).getDouble(0) === 1.00000000000000022) // Yes, I meant ==.