diff --git a/src/clojure/monger/joda_time.clj b/src/clojure/monger/joda_time.clj
index b957349..66ef7ac 100644
--- a/src/clojure/monger/joda_time.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/monger/joda_time.clj
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
 (extend-protocol ConvertToDBObject
   org.joda.time.base.AbstractInstant
   (to-db-object [^AbstractInstant input]
+    (to-db-object (.toDate input)))
+  org.joda.time.base.AbstractPartial
+  (to-db-object [^AbstractPartial input]
     (to-db-object (.toDate input))))
 
 (extend-protocol ConvertFromDBObject
@@ -56,6 +59,10 @@
   (print-dup (.toDate d) out))
 
 
+(defmethod print-dup org.joda.time.base.AbstractPartial
+  [^org.joda.time.base.AbstractPartial d out]
+  (print-dup (.toDate d) out))
+
 ;;
 ;; JSON serialization
 ;;
diff --git a/test/monger/test/clj_time_local_date_test.clj b/test/monger/test/clj_time_local_date_test.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfa77bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/monger/test/clj_time_local_date_test.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+;; requires profile dev2 for clj-time
+(set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
+
+(ns monger.test.clj-time-local-date-test
+  (:import java.util.Date)
+  (:require [monger core joda-time]
+            [clojure stacktrace]
+            [monger.collection :as mgcol]
+            [clj-time.core :as dt]
+            [clj-time.coerce :as dt-coerce]
+            [monger.test.helper :as helper])
+  (:use [clojure.test]
+        [monger.operators]
+        [monger.test.fixtures]))
+
+(monger.core/connect!)
+(monger.core/set-db! (monger.core/get-db "monger-test"))
+
+(use-fixtures :each purge-people purge-docs purge-things purge-libraries)
+
+(deftest find-with-local-date
+  (let [collection "libraries"]
+    (mgcol/insert-batch collection [{:language "Clojure" :name "aleph" :created_at (dt/now)}
+                                    {:language "R"
+                                     :name "bayes" 
+                                     :created_at (dt-coerce/to-date-time (dt/plus (dt/today) (dt/days 1)))}])
+    (are [n the-criteria] 
+         (= n (.count (mgcol/find collection the-criteria)))
+         2 {:created_at {$gt (dt/today)}}
+         1 {:created_at {"$gte" (dt/today) "$lt" (dt/plus (dt/today) (dt/days 1))}}
+         1 {:created_at {"$gte" (dt/plus (dt/today) (dt/days 1))}})))
+