diff --git a/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Data/Time/Date_Range.enso b/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Data/Time/Date_Range.enso
index f32ed45e7def..ef8737b06b53 100644
--- a/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Data/Time/Date_Range.enso
+++ b/distribution/lib/Standard/Base/0.0.0-dev/src/Data/Time/Date_Range.enso
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import project.Data.Filter_Condition.Filter_Condition
 import project.Data.Json.JS_Object
 import project.Data.Numbers.Integer
 import project.Data.Pair.Pair
-import project.Data.Range.Range
 import project.Data.Text.Text
 import project.Data.Time.Date.Date
 import project.Data.Time.Date_Period.Date_Period
@@ -488,7 +487,7 @@ type Date_Range
          into a new date.
        - if_empty: Value returned if the range is empty.
     reduce : (Date -> Date -> Date) -> Any -> Any
-    reduce self function ~if_empty=(Error.throw (Empty_Error.Error Range)) =
+    reduce self function ~if_empty=(Error.throw (Empty_Error.Error Date_Range)) =
         case self.length of
             0 -> if_empty
             1 -> self.start
diff --git a/test/Base_Tests/src/Data/Time/Date_Range_Spec.enso b/test/Base_Tests/src/Data/Time/Date_Range_Spec.enso
index 61b35db12da1..5fae7b7eec74 100644
--- a/test/Base_Tests/src/Data/Time/Date_Range_Spec.enso
+++ b/test/Base_Tests/src/Data/Time/Date_Range_Spec.enso
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from Standard.Base import all
 import Standard.Base.Errors.Common.Type_Error
+import Standard.Base.Errors.Empty_Error.Empty_Error
 import Standard.Base.Errors.Illegal_Argument.Illegal_Argument
 
 from Standard.Test import all
@@ -181,8 +182,10 @@ add_specs suite_builder =
                 Test.expect_panic_with (r.last_index_of invalid_arg) Type_Error
 
                 reducer x y = if x > y then x else y
-                # Catch+to_text to fix Empty_Error equality.
-                r.reduce reducer . catch . to_text . should_equal (r.to_vector.reduce reducer . catch . to_text)
+
+                case r.length of
+                    0 -> r.reduce reducer . should_fail_with (Empty_Error.Error Range)
+                    _ -> r.reduce reducer . should_equal (r.to_vector.reduce reducer)
 
         group_builder.specify "should define friendly text representations" <|
             r1 = (Date.new 2020 02 28).up_to (Date.new 2020 03 02)