diff --git a/date.go b/date.go
index 10e41fe7..37fb8302 100644
--- a/date.go
+++ b/date.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ func (dst *Date) Set(src interface{}) error {
 	switch value := src.(type) {
 	case time.Time:
 		*dst = Date{Time: value, Status: Present}
+	case string:
+		return dst.DecodeText(nil, []byte(value))
 	default:
 		if originalSrc, ok := underlyingTimeType(src); ok {
 			return dst.Set(originalSrc)
diff --git a/date_test.go b/date_test.go
index 0b77898b..5c38e7a3 100644
--- a/date_test.go
+++ b/date_test.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func TestDateSet(t *testing.T) {
 		{source: time.Date(2000, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), result: pgtype.Date{Time: time.Date(2000, 1, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Status: pgtype.Present}},
 		{source: time.Date(2200, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), result: pgtype.Date{Time: time.Date(2200, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Status: pgtype.Present}},
 		{source: _time(time.Date(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)), result: pgtype.Date{Time: time.Date(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Status: pgtype.Present}},
+		{source: "1999-12-31", result: pgtype.Date{Time: time.Date(1999, 12, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC), Status: pgtype.Present}},
 	}
 
 	for i, tt := range successfulTests {