diff --git a/test/monger/test/clj_time_local_date_test.clj b/test/monger/test/clj_time_local_date_test.clj
deleted file mode 100644
index cfa77bc..0000000
--- a/test/monger/test/clj_time_local_date_test.clj
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-;; 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))}})))
-
diff --git a/test/monger/test/lib_integration_test.clj b/test/monger/test/lib_integration_test.clj
index 6777383..ad78a6b 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 +31,10 @@
     (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 (= 1318456800000 (.getTime ^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 +42,12 @@
     (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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