diff --git a/omniscidb/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.cpp b/omniscidb/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.cpp
index 47f5c0e474..7fd84a473c 100644
--- a/omniscidb/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.cpp
+++ b/omniscidb/QueryBuilder/QueryBuilder.cpp
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ BuilderExpr BuilderExpr::cast(const Type* new_type) const {
       return {builder_, expr_->cast(new_type), "", true};
     }
   } else if (expr_->type()->isDate()) {
-    if (new_type->isDate() || new_type->isTimestamp()) {
+    if (new_type->isNumber() || new_type->isDate() || new_type->isTimestamp()) {
       return {builder_, expr_->cast(new_type), "", true};
     }
   } else if (expr_->type()->isTime()) {
diff --git a/omniscidb/Tests/QueryBuilderTest.cpp b/omniscidb/Tests/QueryBuilderTest.cpp
index 359dd21ea7..80ae4b12eb 100644
--- a/omniscidb/Tests/QueryBuilderTest.cpp
+++ b/omniscidb/Tests/QueryBuilderTest.cpp
@@ -321,6 +321,21 @@ class QueryBuilderTest : public TestSuite {
                     {"col_vc_10", ctx().varChar(10)},
                 });
 
+    createTable("test_date",
+                {
+                    {"col_bi", ctx().int64()},
+                    {"col_i", ctx().int32()},
+                    {"col_f", ctx().fp32()},
+                    {"col_d", ctx().fp64()},
+                    {"col_dec", ctx().decimal64(10, 2)},
+                    {"col_b", ctx().boolean()},
+                    {"col_str", ctx().text()},
+                    {"col_date", ctx().date32(hdk::ir::TimeUnit::kDay)},
+                });
+    insertCsvValues("test_date",
+                    "1,1,0.75,0.13444545,50.02,false,some_text,2000-01-01\n"
+                    "2,2,30.82,0.461,7.05,true,a_text,2015-03-18\n");
+
     createTable("sort",
                 {{"x", ctx().int32()}, {"y", ctx().int32()}, {"z", ctx().int32()}});
     insertCsvValues("sort",
@@ -348,6 +363,7 @@ class QueryBuilderTest : public TestSuite {
     dropTable("join1");
     dropTable("join2");
     dropTable("withNull");
+    dropTable("test_date");
   }
 
   void compare_res_fields(const ExecutionResult& res,
@@ -493,6 +509,28 @@ TEST_F(QueryBuilderTest, Arithmetics) {
   compare_res_data(res, std::vector<int64_t>({0, NULL_BIGINT}));
 }
 
+TEST_F(QueryBuilderTest, DateToInt) {
+  QueryBuilder builder(ctx(), schema_mgr_, configPtr());
+
+  auto tinfo_a = builder.scan("test_date");
+
+  auto dag = tinfo_a.proj(tinfo_a.ref("col_date").cast("int32")).finalize();
+  auto res = runQuery(std::move(dag));
+  LOG(ERROR) << "res: " << res.toString();
+  LOG(ERROR) << "res: " << toArrow(res)->ToString();
+  compare_res_data(res, std::vector<int32_t>({946684800, 1426636800}));
+
+  dag = tinfo_a.proj(tinfo_a.ref("col_date")).finalize();
+  res = runQuery(std::move(dag));
+  LOG(ERROR) << "res: " << res.toString();
+  LOG(ERROR) << "res: " << toArrow(res)->ToString();
+  compare_res_data(
+      res,
+      std::vector<int64_t>(
+          {dateTimeParse<hdk::ir::Type::kDate>("2000-01-01", TimeUnit::kDay),
+           dateTimeParse<hdk::ir::Type::kDate>("2015-03-18", TimeUnit::kDay)}));
+}
+
 TEST_F(QueryBuilderTest, Arithmetics2) {
   QueryBuilder builder(ctx(), schema_mgr_, configPtr());