diff --git a/src/errors/types.rs b/src/errors/types.rs
index 4986ac313..c61062727 100644
--- a/src/errors/types.rs
+++ b/src/errors/types.rs
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ error_types! {
         error: {ctx_type: Cow<'static, str>, ctx_fn: cow_field_from_context<String, _>},
     },
     DateFromDatetimeParsing {
-        error: {ctx_type: String, ctx_fn: field_from_context},
+        error: {ctx_type: Cow<'static, str>, ctx_fn: cow_field_from_context<String, _>},
     },
     DateFromDatetimeInexact {},
     DatePast {},
diff --git a/src/validators/date.rs b/src/validators/date.rs
index 53d8a8177..41cd7ce66 100644
--- a/src/validators/date.rs
+++ b/src/validators/date.rs
@@ -47,16 +47,12 @@ impl Validator for DateValidator {
         _definitions: &'data Definitions<CombinedValidator>,
         _recursion_guard: &'s mut RecursionGuard,
     ) -> ValResult<'data, PyObject> {
-        let date = match input.validate_date(extra.strict.unwrap_or(self.strict)) {
+        let strict = extra.strict.unwrap_or(self.strict);
+        let date = match input.validate_date(strict) {
             Ok(date) => date,
-            // if the date error was an internal error, return that immediately
-            Err(ValError::InternalErr(internal_err)) => return Err(ValError::InternalErr(internal_err)),
-            Err(date_err) => match self.strict {
-                // if we're in strict mode, we doing try coercing from a date
-                true => return Err(date_err),
-                // otherwise, try creating a date from a datetime input
-                false => date_from_datetime(input, date_err),
-            }?,
+            // if the error was a parsing error, in lax mode we allow datetimes at midnight
+            Err(line_errors @ ValError::LineErrors(..)) if !strict => date_from_datetime(input)?.ok_or(line_errors)?,
+            Err(otherwise) => return Err(otherwise),
         };
         if let Some(constraints) = &self.constraints {
             let raw_date = date.as_raw()?;
@@ -122,35 +118,31 @@ impl Validator for DateValidator {
 
 /// In lax mode, if the input is not a date, we try parsing the input as a datetime, then check it is an
 /// "exact date", e.g. has a zero time component.
-fn date_from_datetime<'data>(
-    input: &'data impl Input<'data>,
-    date_err: ValError<'data>,
-) -> ValResult<'data, EitherDate<'data>> {
+///
+/// Ok(None) means that this is not relevant to dates (the input was not a datetime nor a string)
+fn date_from_datetime<'data>(input: &'data impl Input<'data>) -> Result<Option<EitherDate<'data>>, ValError<'data>> {
     let either_dt = match input.validate_datetime(false, speedate::MicrosecondsPrecisionOverflowBehavior::Truncate) {
         Ok(dt) => dt,
-        Err(dt_err) => {
-            return match dt_err {
-                ValError::LineErrors(mut line_errors) => {
-                    // if we got a errors while parsing the datetime,
-                    // convert DateTimeParsing -> DateFromDatetimeParsing but keep the rest of the error unchanged
-                    for line_error in &mut line_errors {
-                        match line_error.error_type {
-                            ErrorType::DatetimeParsing { ref error, .. } => {
-                                line_error.error_type = ErrorType::DateFromDatetimeParsing {
-                                    error: error.to_string(),
-                                    context: None,
-                                };
-                            }
-                            _ => {
-                                return Err(date_err);
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    Err(ValError::LineErrors(line_errors))
+        // if the error was a parsing error, update the error type from DatetimeParsing to DateFromDatetimeParsing
+        // and return it
+        Err(ValError::LineErrors(mut line_errors)) => {
+            if line_errors.iter_mut().fold(false, |has_parsing_error, line_error| {
+                if let ErrorType::DatetimeParsing { error, .. } = &mut line_error.error_type {
+                    line_error.error_type = ErrorType::DateFromDatetimeParsing {
+                        error: std::mem::take(error),
+                        context: None,
+                    };
+                    true
+                } else {
+                    has_parsing_error
                 }
-                other => Err(other),
-            };
+            }) {
+                return Err(ValError::LineErrors(line_errors));
+            }
+            return Ok(None);
         }
+        // for any other error, don't return it
+        Err(_) => return Ok(None),
     };
     let dt = either_dt.as_raw()?;
     let zero_time = Time {
@@ -161,7 +153,7 @@ fn date_from_datetime<'data>(
         tz_offset: dt.time.tz_offset,
     };
     if dt.time == zero_time {
-        Ok(EitherDate::Raw(dt.date))
+        Ok(Some(EitherDate::Raw(dt.date)))
     } else {
         Err(ValError::new(ErrorTypeDefaults::DateFromDatetimeInexact, input))
     }
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index c17a98174..a5f5cc344 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -91,6 +91,25 @@ class ChosenPyAndJsonValidator(PyAndJsonValidator):
     return ChosenPyAndJsonValidator
 
 
+class StrictModeType:
+    def __init__(self, schema: bool, extra: bool):
+        assert schema or extra
+        self.schema = schema
+        self.validator_args = {'strict': True} if extra else {}
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(
+    params=[
+        StrictModeType(schema=True, extra=False),
+        StrictModeType(schema=False, extra=True),
+        StrictModeType(schema=True, extra=True),
+    ],
+    ids=['strict-schema', 'strict-extra', 'strict-both'],
+)
+def strict_mode_type(request) -> StrictModeType:
+    return request.param
+
+
 @pytest.fixture
 def tmp_work_path(tmp_path: Path):
     """
diff --git a/tests/validators/test_date.py b/tests/validators/test_date.py
index 07e0ee849..616771bf0 100644
--- a/tests/validators/test_date.py
+++ b/tests/validators/test_date.py
@@ -127,13 +127,13 @@ def test_date_json(py_and_json: PyAndJson, input_value, expected):
     ],
     ids=repr,
 )
-def test_date_strict(input_value, expected):
-    v = SchemaValidator({'type': 'date', 'strict': True})
+def test_date_strict(input_value, expected, strict_mode_type):
+    v = SchemaValidator({'type': 'date', 'strict': strict_mode_type.schema})
     if isinstance(expected, Err):
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=re.escape(expected.message)):
-            v.validate_python(input_value)
+            v.validate_python(input_value, **strict_mode_type.validator_args)
     else:
-        output = v.validate_python(input_value)
+        output = v.validate_python(input_value, **strict_mode_type.validator_args)
         assert output == expected
 
 
@@ -148,13 +148,13 @@ def test_date_strict(input_value, expected):
         ('1654646400', Err('Input should be a valid date [type=date_type')),
     ],
 )
-def test_date_strict_json(input_value, expected):
-    v = SchemaValidator({'type': 'date', 'strict': True})
+def test_date_strict_json(input_value, expected, strict_mode_type):
+    v = SchemaValidator({'type': 'date', 'strict': strict_mode_type.schema})
     if isinstance(expected, Err):
         with pytest.raises(ValidationError, match=re.escape(expected.message)):
-            v.validate_json(input_value)
+            v.validate_json(input_value, **strict_mode_type.validator_args)
     else:
-        output = v.validate_json(input_value)
+        output = v.validate_json(input_value, **strict_mode_type.validator_args)
         assert output == expected