diff --git a/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/PrestoResultSet.java b/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/PrestoResultSet.java
index cc874c41a4e7..5387896b07d8 100644
--- a/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/PrestoResultSet.java
+++ b/presto-jdbc/src/main/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/PrestoResultSet.java
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
 import java.sql.Types;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -296,7 +298,10 @@ private Date getDate(int columnIndex, DateTimeZone localTimeZone)
         }
 
         try {
-            return new Date(DATE_FORMATTER.withZone(localTimeZone).parseMillis(String.valueOf(value)));
+            long millis = DATE_FORMATTER.withZone(localTimeZone).parseMillis(String.valueOf(value));
+            return Date.valueOf(Instant.ofEpochMilli(millis)
+                    .atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC)
+                    .toLocalDate());
         }
         catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
             throw new SQLException("Invalid date from server: " + value, e);
diff --git a/presto-jdbc/src/test/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/TestJdbcResultSet.java b/presto-jdbc/src/test/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/TestJdbcResultSet.java
index 14f49fcab850..4cc67f903ac9 100644
--- a/presto-jdbc/src/test/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/TestJdbcResultSet.java
+++ b/presto-jdbc/src/test/java/io/prestosql/jdbc/TestJdbcResultSet.java
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ public void testObjectTypes()
             assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> rs.getTimestamp(column));
         });
 
+        // distant past, but apparently not an uncommon value in practice; on this date Julian and Gregorian calendars should be in sync, but they appear not to be
+        checkRepresentation("DATE '0001-01-01'", Types.DATE, (rs, column) -> {
+            assertEquals(rs.getObject(column), Date.valueOf(LocalDate.of(1, 1, 1)));
+            assertEquals(rs.getDate(column), Date.valueOf(LocalDate.of(1, 1, 1)));
+        });
+
+        // distant past, before Julian-Gregorian calendar "default cut-over", but after 0001-01-01 when Julian and Gregorian calendars are supposed to be in sync
+        checkRepresentation("DATE '1300-01-01'", Types.DATE, (rs, column) -> {
+            assertEquals(rs.getObject(column), Date.valueOf(LocalDate.of(1300, 1, 1)));
+            assertEquals(rs.getDate(column), Date.valueOf(LocalDate.of(1300, 1, 1)));
+        });
+
         checkRepresentation("TIME '09:39:05'", Types.TIME, (rs, column) -> {
             assertEquals(rs.getObject(column), Time.valueOf(LocalTime.of(9, 39, 5)));
             assertThrows(() -> rs.getDate(column));