diff --git a/test/integration_dates.jl b/test/integration_dates.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8c300ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration_dates.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using Plots, Test, Dates
+
+@testset "Limits" begin
+    y=[1.0*i*i for i in 1:10]
+    x=[Date(2019,11,i) for i in 1:10]
+
+    rx=[x[3],x[5]]
+
+    ref_ylims = (y[begin], y[end])
+    ref_xlims = (x[1].instant.periods.value, x[end].instant.periods.value)
+    p = plot(x,y, widen = false)
+    vspan!(p, rx, label="", alpha=0.2)
+    @test Plots.ylims(p) == ref_ylims
+    @test Plots.xlims(p) == ref_xlims
+end # testset
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 5190f709..4e4ba79c 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include("test_axis_letter.jl")
 include("test_recipes.jl")
 include("test_hdf5plots.jl")
 include("test_pgfplotsx.jl")
+include("integration_dates.jl")
 
 reference_dir(args...) = joinpath(homedir(), ".julia", "dev", "PlotReferenceImages", args...)