diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/pom.xml b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/pom.xml
index a3325091311b..632020452934 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/pom.xml
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/pom.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,12 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.trino</groupId>
+            <artifactId>trino-tpcds</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.trino</groupId>
             <artifactId>trino-tpch</artifactId>
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/TransactionLogParser.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/TransactionLogParser.java
index 82a7bd23001b..03de2ce67019 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/TransactionLogParser.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/main/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/transactionlog/TransactionLogParser.java
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ public final class TransactionLogParser
     private static final Logger log = Logger.get(TransactionLogParser.class);
 
     // Before 1900, Java Time and Joda Time are not consistent with java.sql.Date and java.util.Calendar
-    // Since January 1, 1900 UTC is still December 31, 1899 in other zones, we are adding a 1 year margin.
-    public static final LocalDate START_OF_MODERN_ERA = LocalDate.of(1901, 1, 1);
+    // Since January 1, 1900 UTC is still December 31, 1899 in other zones, we are adding a 1 day margin.
+    public static final LocalDate START_OF_MODERN_ERA = LocalDate.of(1900, 1, 2);
 
     public static final String LAST_CHECKPOINT_FILENAME = "_last_checkpoint";
 
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeQueryRunner.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeQueryRunner.java
index ba985cdc6e6f..509543dc6f61 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeQueryRunner.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/DeltaLakeQueryRunner.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import io.trino.Session;
 import io.trino.plugin.hive.containers.HiveHadoop;
 import io.trino.plugin.hive.containers.HiveMinioDataLake;
+import io.trino.plugin.tpcds.TpcdsPlugin;
 import io.trino.plugin.tpch.TpchPlugin;
 import io.trino.testing.DistributedQueryRunner;
 import io.trino.testing.QueryRunner;
@@ -99,6 +100,9 @@ public DistributedQueryRunner build()
                 queryRunner.installPlugin(new TpchPlugin());
                 queryRunner.createCatalog("tpch", "tpch");
 
+                queryRunner.installPlugin(new TpcdsPlugin());
+                queryRunner.createCatalog("tpcds", "tpcds");
+
                 queryRunner.installPlugin(new TestingDeltaLakePlugin());
                 Map<String, String> deltaProperties = new HashMap<>(this.deltaProperties.buildOrThrow());
                 if (!deltaProperties.containsKey("hive.metastore") && !deltaProperties.containsKey("hive.metastore.uri")) {
diff --git a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAnalyze.java b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAnalyze.java
index 409a8d7b5498..d83b600209cd 100644
--- a/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAnalyze.java
+++ b/plugin/trino-delta-lake/src/test/java/io/trino/plugin/deltalake/TestDeltaLakeAnalyze.java
@@ -458,6 +458,27 @@ public void testDropStatsAccessControl()
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Verify Delta has good stats for TPC-DS data sets. Note that TPC-DS date_dim contains
+     * dates as old as 1900-01-02, which may be problematic.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testStatsOnTpcDsData()
+    {
+        try (TestTable table = new TestTable(
+                getQueryRunner()::execute,
+                "test_old_date_stats",
+                "AS SELECT d_date FROM tpcds.tiny.date_dim")) {
+            runAnalyzeVerifySplitCount(table.getName(), 1);
+            // Accurate column stats on d_date are important for producing efficient query plans, e.g. on q72
+            assertQuery(
+                    "SHOW STATS FOR " + table.getName(),
+                    "VALUES"
+                            + "('d_date', null, 72713.0, 0.0,  null,    '1900-01-02', '2100-01-01'),"
+                            + "(null,     null, null,    null, 73049.0, null,         null)");
+        }
+    }
+
     private void runAnalyzeVerifySplitCount(String tableName, long expectedSplitCount)
     {
         MaterializedResultWithQueryId analyzeResult = getDistributedQueryRunner().executeWithQueryId(getSession(), "ANALYZE " + tableName);