diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3a0e1df5..a7d82b7e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { "name": "pg",
-  "version": "0.9.0",
+  "version": "0.10.0",
   "description": "PostgreSQL client - pure javascript & libpq with the same API",
   "keywords" : ["postgres", "pg", "libpq", "postgre", "database", "rdbms"],
   "homepage": "http://github.com/brianc/node-postgres",
diff --git a/test/unit/client/query-tests.js b/test/unit/client/query-tests.js
index ad8865cd..ab367203 100644
--- a/test/unit/client/query-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/client/query-tests.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ q.dateParser = require(__dirname + "/../../../lib/types").getTypeParser(1114, 't
 q.stringArrayParser = require(__dirname + "/../../../lib/types").getTypeParser(1009, 'text');
 
 test("testing dateParser", function() {
-  assert.equal(q.dateParser("2010-12-11 09:09:04").toUTCString(),new Date("2010-12-11 09:09:04 GMT").toUTCString());
+  assert.equal(q.dateParser("2010-12-11 09:09:04").toString(),new Date("2010-12-11 09:09:04").toString());
 });
 
 var testForMs = function(part, expected) {
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ testForMs('.1', 100);
 testForMs('.01', 10);
 testForMs('.74', 740);
 
-test("testing 2dateParser", function() {
+test("testing 2dateParser on dates without timezones", function() {
   var actual = "2010-12-11 09:09:04.1";
-  var expected = "\"2010-12-11T09:09:04.100Z\"";
+  var expected = JSON.stringify(new Date(2010,11,11,9,9,4,100))
   assert.equal(JSON.stringify(q.dateParser(actual)),expected);
 });
 
-test("testing 2dateParser", function() {
+test("testing 2dateParser on dates with timezones", function() {
   var actual = "2011-01-23 22:15:51.28-06";
   var expected = "\"2011-01-24T04:15:51.280Z\"";
   assert.equal(JSON.stringify(q.dateParser(actual)),expected);
 });
 
-test("testing 2dateParser", function() {
+test("testing 2dateParser on dates with huge millisecond value", function() {
   var actual = "2011-01-23 22:15:51.280843-06";
   var expected = "\"2011-01-24T04:15:51.280Z\"";
   assert.equal(JSON.stringify(q.dateParser(actual)),expected);
diff --git a/test/unit/client/typed-query-results-tests.js b/test/unit/client/typed-query-results-tests.js
index af3e3f97..b963c552 100644
--- a/test/unit/client/typed-query-results-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/client/typed-query-results-tests.js
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ test('typed results', function() {
     dataTypeID: 1114,
     actual:  '2010-10-31 00:00:00',
     expected: function(val) {
-      assert.UTCDate(val, 2010, 9, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+      assert.equal(val.toUTCString(), new Date(2010, 9, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0).toUTCString());
+      assert.equal(val.toString(), new Date(2010, 9, 31, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0).toString());
     }
   },{
     name: 'date',