diff --git a/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs b/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
index 846ea47c..8a3a1383 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/typegen.rs
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static KNOWN_TYPES: Lazy<HashMap<&'static str, &'static str>> = Lazy::new(|| {
     ("BigUint64Array", "BigUint64Array"),
     ("DataView", "DataView"),
     ("Date", "Date"),
+    ("JsDate", "Date"),
     ("JsBuffer", "Buffer"),
     ("Buffer", "Buffer"),
     ("Vec", "Array<{}>"),
diff --git a/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/js_values.rs b/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/js_values.rs
index 8e40e81a..2469f1c8 100644
--- a/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/js_values.rs
+++ b/crates/napi/src/bindgen_runtime/js_values.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ mod string;
 mod symbol;
 mod task;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "napi5")]
+pub use crate::JsDate as Date;
 pub use array::*;
 pub use arraybuffer::*;
 #[cfg(feature = "napi6")]
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
index 94ad6647..1d598448 100644
--- a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
+++ b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Generated by [AVA](https://avajs.dev).
     /** napi = { version = 2, features = ["serde-json"] } */␊
     export function readFile(callback: (arg0: Error | undefined, arg1?: string | undefined | null) => void): void␊
     export function returnJsFunction(): (...args: any[]) => any␊
+    export function dateToNumber(input: Date): number␊
     export function eitherStringOrNumber(input: string | number): number␊
     export function returnEither(input: number): string | number␊
     export function either3(input: string | number | boolean): number␊
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap
index b275c22e..25a061f2 100644
Binary files a/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap and b/examples/napi/__test__/typegen.spec.ts.snap differ
diff --git a/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts b/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts
index 0af1fbf3..bdc5d8b4 100644
--- a/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts
+++ b/examples/napi/__test__/values.spec.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import {
   returnJsFunction,
   testSerdeRoundtrip,
   createObjWithProperty,
+  dateToNumber,
 } from '../'
 
 test('export const', (t) => {
@@ -548,3 +549,10 @@ Napi4Test('Promise should reject raw error in rust', async (t) => {
   const err = await t.throwsAsync(() => asyncPlus100(Promise.reject(fxError)))
   t.is(err, fxError)
 })
+
+const Napi5Test = Number(process.versions.napi) >= 5 ? test : test.skip
+
+Napi5Test('Date test', (t) => {
+  const fixture = new Date('2016-12-24')
+  t.is(dateToNumber(fixture), fixture.valueOf())
+})
diff --git a/examples/napi/index.d.ts b/examples/napi/index.d.ts
index dad68889..84c3e695 100644
--- a/examples/napi/index.d.ts
+++ b/examples/napi/index.d.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ export function optionOnly(callback: (arg0?: string | undefined | null) => void)
 /** napi = { version = 2, features = ["serde-json"] } */
 export function readFile(callback: (arg0: Error | undefined, arg1?: string | undefined | null) => void): void
 export function returnJsFunction(): (...args: any[]) => any
+export function dateToNumber(input: Date): number
 export function eitherStringOrNumber(input: string | number): number
 export function returnEither(input: number): string | number
 export function either3(input: string | number | boolean): number
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/date.rs b/examples/napi/src/date.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6987cd53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/napi/src/date.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+use napi::bindgen_prelude::*;
+
+#[napi]
+fn date_to_number(input: Date) -> Result<f64> {
+  input.value_of()
+}
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/lib.rs b/examples/napi/src/lib.rs
index ce416cf6..98005952 100644
--- a/examples/napi/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/napi/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ mod bigint;
 mod callback;
 mod class;
 mod class_factory;
+mod date;
 mod either;
 mod r#enum;
 mod error;