diff --git a/tests/test-data.lua b/tests/test-data.lua
index 721590a..3b86367 100644
--- a/tests/test-data.lua
+++ b/tests/test-data.lua
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ Time Message
 -- else into one field
 local Date = require 'pl.Date'
 
-d = data.read(f,{convert={[1]=Date},last_field_collect=true})
+d = data.read(f,{convert={[1]=function (x) return Date(tonumber(x)) end},
+		 last_field_collect=true})
 
 asserteq(#d[1],2)
-asserteq(d[2][1]:year(),2012)
+asserteq(d[2][1]:year(),2010)