diff --git a/src/axes.jl b/src/axes.jl
index 0ef3a3a7..37ea8eaa 100644
--- a/src/axes.jl
+++ b/src/axes.jl
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ function attr!(axis::Axis, args...; kw...)
                 for vi in v
                     discrete_value!(axis, vi)
                 end
+            #could perhaps use TimeType here, as Date and DateTime are both subtypes of TimeType
+            # or could perhaps check if dateformatter or datetimeformatter is in use
+            elseif k == :lims && isa(v, Tuple{Date,Date})
+                plotattributes[k] = (v[1].instant.periods.value, v[2].instant.periods.value)
+            elseif k == :lims && isa(v, Tuple{DateTime,DateTime})
+                plotattributes[k] = (v[1].instant.periods.value, v[2].instant.periods.value)
             else
                 plotattributes[k] = v
             end
diff --git a/test/integration_dates.jl b/test/integration_dates.jl
index 6a5756c7..081d69fb 100644
--- a/test/integration_dates.jl
+++ b/test/integration_dates.jl
@@ -13,4 +13,48 @@ using Plots, Test, Dates
     ref_xlims = (x[1].instant.periods.value, x[end].instant.periods.value)
     @test Plots.ylims(p) == ref_ylims
     @test Plots.xlims(p) == ref_xlims
+    #@static if (haskey(ENV, "APPVEYOR") || haskey(ENV, "CI"))
+    @static if haskey(ENV, "APPVEYOR")
+        @info "Skipping display tests on AppVeyor"
+    else
+        @test isa(display(p), Nothing) == true
+        closeall()
+    end
+end # testset
+
+@testset "Date xlims" begin
+    y=[1.0*i*i for i in 1:10]
+    x=[Date(2019,11,i) for i in 1:10]
+    span = (Date(2019,10,31), Date(2019,11,11))
+
+    ref_xlims = map(date->date.instant.periods.value, span)
+
+    p = plot(x,y, xlims=span, widen = false)
+
+    @test Plots.xlims(p) == ref_xlims
+    #@static if (haskey(ENV, "APPVEYOR") || haskey(ENV, "CI"))
+    @static if haskey(ENV, "APPVEYOR")
+        @info "Skipping display tests on AppVeyor"
+    else
+        @test isa(display(p), Nothing) == true
+        closeall()
+    end
+end # testset
+
+@testset "DateTime xlims" begin
+    y=[1.0*i*i for i in 1:10]
+    x=[DateTime(2019,11,i,11) for i in 1:10]
+    span = (DateTime(2019,10,31,11,59,59), DateTime(2019,11,11,12,01,15))
+
+    ref_xlims = map(date->date.instant.periods.value, span)
+
+    p = plot(x,y, xlims=span, widen = false)
+    @test Plots.xlims(p) == ref_xlims
+    #@static if (haskey(ENV, "APPVEYOR") || haskey(ENV, "CI"))
+    @static if haskey(ENV, "APPVEYOR")
+        @info "Skipping display tests on AppVeyor"
+    else
+        @test isa(display(p), Nothing) == true
+        closeall()
+    end
 end # testset
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 120cd33d..9a3c1a02 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ include("test_defaults.jl")
 include("test_axes.jl")
 include("test_axis_letter.jl")
 include("test_components.jl")
+include("integration_dates.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...)