From b81a60a2605ae8c77e794b02830a4feadb3f57f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Payne <benighted@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 10:12:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Parse date type as local time

---
 lib/types/textParsers.js                       | 3 ++-
 test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js | 5 +++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/types/textParsers.js b/lib/types/textParsers.js
index 1266423fc..4e909eb50 100644
--- a/lib/types/textParsers.js
+++ b/lib/types/textParsers.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ var parseDate = function(isoDate) {
       return null;
     } else {
       //it is a date in YYYY-MM-DD format
-      return new Date(isoDate);
+      //add time portion to force js to parse as local time
+      return new Date(isoDate + ' 00:00:00');
     }
   }
   var isBC = /BC$/.test(isoDate);
diff --git a/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js b/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
index 687e8fd0a..05dda987d 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/type-coercion-tests.js
@@ -202,13 +202,14 @@ helper.pg.connect(helper.config, assert.calls(function(err, client, done) {
 if(!helper.config.binary) {
   test("postgres date type", function() {
     var client = helper.client();
+    var testDate = new Date (2010, 9, 31);
     client.on('error', function(err) {
       console.log(err);
       client.end();
     });
-    client.query("SELECT '2010-10-31'::date", assert.calls(function(err, result){
+    client.query("SELECT $1::date", [testDate], assert.calls(function(err, result){
       assert.isNull(err);
-      assert.UTCDate(result.rows[0].date, 2010, 9, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+      assert.strictEqual(result.rows[0].date.toString(), testDate.toString());
     }));
     client.on('drain', client.end.bind(client));
   });