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/lib_integration_test.clj b/test/monger/test/lib_integration_test.clj
index 6777383..b13f221 100644
--- a/test/monger/test/lib_integration_test.clj
+++ b/test/monger/test/lib_integration_test.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 (ns monger.test.lib-integration-test
   (:use clojure.test
         monger.conversion)
-  (:import [org.joda.time DateTime DateMidnight]
+  (:import [org.joda.time DateTime DateMidnight LocalDate]
            org.bson.types.ObjectId
            com.mongodb.DBObject)
   (:require monger.json
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
     (is (instance? java.util.Date d))
     (is (= 1318464000000 (.getTime ^java.util.Date d)))))
 
+(deftest ^{:integration true} conversion-of-joda-localdate-to-db-object
+  (let [d (to-db-object (LocalDate. 2011 10 13))]
+    (is (instance? java.util.Date d))
+    (is (= 111 (.getYear ^java.util.Date d))) ;; how many years since 1900
+    (is (= 9 (.getMonth ^java.util.Date d))) ;; java.util.Date counts from 0
+    (is (= 13 (.getDate ^java.util.Date d)))))
 
 (deftest ^{:integration true} conversion-of-java-util-date-to-joda-datetime
   (let [input  (.toDate ^DateTime (t/date-time 2011 10 13 23 55 0))
@@ -38,8 +44,12 @@
     (is (instance? org.joda.time.DateTime output))
     (is (= input (.toDate ^DateTime output)))))
 
-
 (deftest ^{:integration true} test-reader-extensions
   (let [^DateTime d (t/date-time 2011 10 13 23 55 0)]
     (binding [*print-dup* true]
       (pr-str d))))
+
+(deftest ^{:integration true} test-reader-extensions-for-localdate
+  (let [^DateTime d (t/today)]
+    (binding [*print-dup* true]
+      (pr-str d))))
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