diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Date.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Date.java
index 044a7ca72bf6..e70ca8e5a427 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Date.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/Date.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
+import org.threeten.bp.LocalDate;
+
 /**
  * Represents a Date without time, such as 2017-03-17. Date is timezone independent.
  */
@@ -68,7 +70,39 @@ public static Date parseDate(String date) {
     int dayOfMonth = Integer.parseInt(matcher.group(3));
     return new Date(year, month, dayOfMonth);
   }
+  
+  /**
+  * @param date
+  * @return LocalDate
+  */
+  public static LocalDate toDate(Date date){
+	return LocalDate.of(date.year, date.month, date.dayOfMonth);  
+  }
+   
+  /**
+  * @param date
+  * @return Date
+  */
+  public static Date toDate(LocalDate date){
+    return new Date(date.getDayOfYear(), date.getMonthValue(), date.getDayOfMonth());
+  }
 
+  /**
+  * @param date
+  * @return LocalDate
+  */
+  public static LocalDate fromDate(Date date){
+ 	return LocalDate.of(date.year, date.month, date.dayOfMonth);  
+  }
+   
+  /**
+  * @param date
+  * @return Date 
+  */
+  public static Date fromDate(LocalDate date){
+    return new Date(date.getDayOfYear(), date.getMonthValue(), date.getDayOfMonth());  
+  }
+   
   /** Returns the year. */
   public int getYear() {
     return year;
diff --git a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/DateTest.java b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/DateTest.java
index 3c2817a92c68..e11e4569402a 100644
--- a/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/DateTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-clients/google-cloud-core/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/DateTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+import org.threeten.bp.LocalDate;
 
 /** Unit tests for {@link Date}. */
 @RunWith(JUnit4.class)
@@ -70,6 +71,40 @@ public void validOrdering() {
   public void serialization() {
     reserializeAndAssert(Date.fromYearMonthDay(2017, 4, 20));
   }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void toLocalDate(){
+	LocalDate localDate = Date.toDate(Date.parseDate("2016-09-18"));
+	assertThat(localDate.getYear()).isEqualTo(2016);
+	assertThat(localDate.getMonth().getValue()).isEqualTo(9);
+	assertThat(localDate.getDayOfMonth()).isEqualTo(18);
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void toDate(){
+	Date date = Date.toDate(LocalDate.of(2016, 9, 18));
+	assertThat(date.getYear()).isEqualTo(2016);
+	assertThat(date.getMonth()).isEqualTo(9);
+	assertThat(date.getDayOfMonth()).isEqualTo(18);  
+	
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void fromLocalDate(){
+	LocalDate localDate = Date.fromDate(Date.parseDate("2016-09-18"));
+	assertThat(localDate.getYear()).isEqualTo(2016);
+	assertThat(localDate.getMonth().getValue()).isEqualTo(9);
+	assertThat(localDate.getDayOfMonth()).isEqualTo(18);
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void fromDate(){
+	Date date = Date.fromDate(LocalDate.of(2016, 9, 18));
+	assertThat(date.getYear()).isEqualTo(2016);
+	assertThat(date.getMonth()).isEqualTo(9);
+	assertThat(date.getDayOfMonth()).isEqualTo(18);  
+  }
+  
 
   private void assertDescending(Date... dates) {
     for (int i = 0; i < dates.length - 1; i++) {