diff --git a/lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb b/lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb
index b1dddd5..e627186 100644
--- a/lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb
+++ b/lib/couchrest/mixins/properties.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ module CouchRest
             # Auto parse Time objects
             self[property.name] = if ((property.init_method == 'new') && target == 'Time') 
               self[key].is_a?(String) ? Time.parse(self[key].dup) : self[key]
+            elsif 
+              ((property.init_method == 'new') && target == 'Date') 
+                self[key].is_a?(String) ? Date.parse(self[key].dup) : self[key]
             else
               # Let people use :send as a Time parse arg
               klass = ::CouchRest.constantize(target)
diff --git a/spec/couchrest/more/property_spec.rb b/spec/couchrest/more/property_spec.rb
index 95899aa..f8626f1 100644
--- a/spec/couchrest/more/property_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/couchrest/more/property_spec.rb
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument properties" do
   describe "casting" do
     describe "cast keys to any type" do
       before(:all) do
-        event_doc = { :subject => "Some event", :occurs_at => Time.now }
+        event_doc = { :subject => "Some event", :occurs_at => Time.now, :end_date => Date.today }
         e = Event.database.save_doc event_doc
 
         @event = Event.get e['id']
@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ describe "ExtendedDocument properties" do
       it "should cast occurs_at to Time" do
         @event['occurs_at'].should be_an_instance_of(Time)
       end
+      it "should cast end_date to Date" do
+        @event['end_date'].should be_an_instance_of(Date)
+      end
     end
   end
   
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/more/event.rb b/spec/fixtures/more/event.rb
index c36527a..b1ca6e3 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/more/event.rb
+++ b/spec/fixtures/more/event.rb
@@ -3,4 +3,7 @@ class Event < CouchRest::ExtendedDocument
   
   property :subject
   property :occurs_at, :cast_as => 'Time', :send => 'parse'
+  property :end_date,  :cast_as => 'Date'
+  
+  
 end
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