diff --git a/src/main/resources/mod.json b/src/main/resources/mod.json
index 244b82f..0fb4ad7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/mod.json
+++ b/src/main/resources/mod.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   "author": "Joern Bernhardt",
 
   // Optional fields
-  //"developers": ["Other Dev 1", "Other Dev 2"],
+  "developers": ["Max Stemplinger"],
   "keywords": ["db", "database", "mysql", "postgresql"],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/vert-x/mod-mysql-postgresql"
 }
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diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/BaseSqlTests.scala b/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/BaseSqlTests.scala
index 3a097c5..e7256c6 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/BaseSqlTests.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/BaseSqlTests.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ trait BaseSqlTests {
 
   protected def isMysql: Boolean = false
 
-  private def failedTest: PartialFunction[Throwable, Unit] = {
+  protected def failedTest: PartialFunction[Throwable, Unit] = {
     case ex: Throwable =>
       logger.warn("failed in test", ex)
       fail("test failed. see warning above")
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ trait BaseSqlTests {
     (msg._1, msg._2)
   }
 
-  private def sendOk(json: JsonObject): Future[(Message[JsonObject], JsonObject)] =
+  protected def sendOk(json: JsonObject): Future[(Message[JsonObject], JsonObject)] =
     sendWithTimeout(json) map checkOkay(json)
 
-  private def sendFail(json: JsonObject): Future[(Message[JsonObject], JsonObject)] =
+  protected def sendFail(json: JsonObject): Future[(Message[JsonObject], JsonObject)] =
     sendWithTimeout(json) map checkError(json)
 
   private def replyOk(msg: Message[JsonObject], json: JsonObject): Future[(Message[JsonObject], JsonObject)] =
@@ -439,4 +439,32 @@ trait BaseSqlTests {
       testComplete()
     }) recover failedTest
   }
-}
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+
+  @Test
+  def dateTest(): Unit = (for {
+    _ <- setupTableTest()
+    (msg, insertReply) <- sendOk(raw("INSERT INTO some_test (name, wedding_date) VALUES ('tester', '2015-04-04');"))
+    (msg, reply) <- sendOk(prepared("SELECT wedding_date FROM some_test WHERE name=?", Json.arr("tester")))
+  } yield {
+    val receivedFields = reply.getArray("fields")
+    assertEquals(Json.arr("wedding_date"), receivedFields)
+    assertEquals("2015-04-04", reply.getArray("results").get[JsonArray](0).get[String](0))
+    testComplete()
+  }) recover failedTest
+
+  @Test
+  def timestampTest(): Unit = (for {
+    (m, r) <- sendOk(raw("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS date_test"))
+    (msg, r2) <- sendOk(raw(createDateTable("timestamp")))
+    (msg, insertReply) <- sendOk(raw("INSERT INTO date_test (test_date) VALUES ('2015-04-04T10:04:00.000');"))
+    (msg, reply) <- sendOk(raw("SELECT test_date FROM date_test"))
+  } yield {
+    val receivedFields = reply.getArray("fields")
+    assertEquals(Json.arr("test_date"), receivedFields)
+    logger.info("date is: " + reply.getArray("results").get[JsonArray](0).get[String](0))
+    assertEquals("2015-04-04T10:04:00.000", reply.getArray("results").get[JsonArray](0).get[String](0))
+    testComplete()
+  }) recover failedTest
+
+}
+
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/SqlTestVerticle.scala b/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/SqlTestVerticle.scala
index 51f70b3..da6428c 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/SqlTestVerticle.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/SqlTestVerticle.scala
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ abstract class SqlTestVerticle extends TestVerticle with BaseVertxIntegrationTes
     val p = Promise[Unit]
     container.deployModule(System.getProperty("vertx.modulename"), getConfig(), 1, { deploymentID: AsyncResult[String] =>
       if (deploymentID.failed()) {
-        logger.info(deploymentID.cause())
+        logger.info(s"Deployment failed, cause: ${deploymentID.cause()}")
         p.failure(deploymentID.cause())
       }
       assertTrue("deploymentID should not be null", deploymentID.succeeded())
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ abstract class SqlTestVerticle extends TestVerticle with BaseVertxIntegrationTes
     reply
   }
 
+  protected def createDateTable(dateDataType :String) = s"""
+      |  CREATE TABLE date_test (
+      |    id SERIAL,
+      |    test_date $dateDataType
+      |  );
+    """.stripMargin
+
   protected def createTableStatement(tableName: String) = """
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS """ + tableName + """;
 CREATE TABLE """ + tableName + """ (
diff --git a/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/mysql/MySqlTest.scala b/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/mysql/MySqlTest.scala
index 0530126..4dc621b 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/mysql/MySqlTest.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/io/vertx/asyncsql/test/mysql/MySqlTest.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package io.vertx.asyncsql.test.mysql
 
-import org.vertx.scala.core.json.Json
 import io.vertx.asyncsql.test.{BaseSqlTests, SqlTestVerticle}
+import org.junit.Test
+import org.vertx.scala.core.json._
+import org.vertx.testtools.VertxAssert._
 
 class MySqlTest extends SqlTestVerticle with BaseSqlTests {
 
@@ -14,6 +16,14 @@ class MySqlTest extends SqlTestVerticle with BaseSqlTests {
 
   override def getConfig = config
 
+  override def createDateTable(dateDataType: String) = s"""
+      |  CREATE TABLE date_test (
+      |    id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
+      |    test_date $dateDataType,
+      |    PRIMARY KEY(id)
+      |  );
+    """.stripMargin
+
   override def createTableStatement(tableName: String) = """
 CREATE TABLE """ + tableName + """ (
   id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
@@ -24,7 +34,21 @@ CREATE TABLE """ + tableName + """ (
   money FLOAT,
   wedding_date DATE,
   PRIMARY KEY (id)
-);
-                               """
+);"""
+
+  @Test
+  def datetimeTest(): Unit =
+    (for {
+      (m, r) <- sendOk(raw("DROP TABLE IF EXISTS date_test"))
+      (msg, r2) <- sendOk(raw(createDateTable("datetime")))
+      (msg, insertReply) <- sendOk(raw("INSERT INTO date_test (test_date) VALUES ('2015-04-04');"))
+      (msg, reply) <- sendOk(raw("SELECT test_date FROM date_test"))
+    } yield {
+      val receivedFields = reply.getArray("fields")
+      assertEquals(Json.arr("test_date"), receivedFields)
+      logger.info("date is: " + reply.getArray("results").get[JsonArray](0).get[String](0));
+      assertEquals("2015-04-04T00:00:00.000", reply.getArray("results").get[JsonArray](0).get[String](0))
+      testComplete()
+    }) recover failedTest
 
 }
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