diff --git a/test/unit/property-accessors.html b/test/unit/property-accessors.html
index 8af5eeb265..147cd643b3 100644
--- a/test/unit/property-accessors.html
+++ b/test/unit/property-accessors.html
@@ -112,6 +112,22 @@
 
     })
   });
+  test('testing for deserialization of date', function(done) {
+    var dateArr = [];
+    dateArr[0] = new Date();
+    dateArr[1] = String(dateArr[0].getTime()); //string timestamp
+    dateArr[2] = dateArr[0].getTime(); //number timestamp
+    dateArr[3] = dateArr[0].toString(); //full date
+    setTimeout(function(){
+      let ser = [];
+      ser[0] = window.XFoo.prototype._deserializeValue(dateArr[1], Date);
+      ser[1] = window.XFoo.prototype._deserializeValue(dateArr[2], Date);
+      ser[2] = window.XFoo.prototype._deserializeValue(dateArr[3], Date);
+      assert.equal(ser[0].getTime(), ser[1].getTime());
+      assert.equal(ser[0].toString(), dateArr[3]);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
 
 });