diff --git a/src/cljs_time/core.cljs b/src/cljs_time/core.cljs
index 3b61d28..ddc9d13 100644
--- a/src/cljs_time/core.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs_time/core.cljs
@@ -177,6 +177,16 @@ expected."}
           (when-let [f (period-fns k)] (f date' operator v))))
       date')))
 
+(defn- compare-local-dates [o other]
+  (let [yo (.getYear o)
+        yother (.getYear other)
+        dayo (.getDayOfYear o)
+        dayother (.getDayOfYear other)]
+    (cond
+      (not= yo yother) (- yo yother)
+      (not= dayo dayother) (- dayo dayother)
+      :else 0)))
+
 (extend-protocol DateTimeProtocol
   goog.date.UtcDateTime
   (year [this] (.getYear this))
@@ -235,9 +245,9 @@ expected."}
   (minute [this] nil)
   (second [this] nil)
   (milli [this] nil)
-  (equal? [this that] (== (.getTime this) (.getTime that)))
-  (after? [this that] (> (.getTime this) (.getTime that)))
-  (before? [this that] (< (.getTime this) (.getTime that)))
+  (equal? [this that] (.equals this that))
+  (after? [this that] (pos? (compare-local-dates this that)))
+  (before? [this that] (neg? (compare-local-dates this that)))
   (plus- [this period] ((period-fn period) + this))
   (minus- [this period] ((period-fn period) - this))
   (first-day-of-the-month- [this]
diff --git a/src/cljs_time/extend.cljs b/src/cljs_time/extend.cljs
index 82fad4f..df3b377 100644
--- a/src/cljs_time/extend.cljs
+++ b/src/cljs_time/extend.cljs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
   (:import
    [goog.date Date]
    [goog.date DateTime]
-   [goog.date UtcDateTime]))
+   [goog.date UtcDateTime])
+  (:require [cljs-time.core :as time]))
 
 (defn hash-parts [type-hash ms-since-epoch offset]
   (let [ms-shifted (* ms-since-epoch 100000)
@@ -29,14 +30,7 @@
     (hash-parts 1 (.getTime this) (.getTimezoneOffset this)))
   IComparable
   (-compare [o other]
-    (let [yo (.getYear o)
-          yother (.getYear other)
-          dayo (.getDayOfYear o)
-          dayother (.getDayOfYear other)]
-      (cond
-        (not= yo yother) (- yo yother)
-        (not= dayo dayother) (- dayo dayother)
-        :else 0))))
+    (time/compare-local-dates o other)))
 
 (extend-type goog.date.DateTime
   IEquiv
diff --git a/test/cljs_time/core_test.cljs b/test/cljs_time/core_test.cljs
index e10379c..1a3e9b9 100644
--- a/test/cljs_time/core_test.cljs
+++ b/test/cljs_time/core_test.cljs
@@ -162,21 +162,28 @@
   (let [d (date-time 1918 11 11)]
     (is (= 1 (day-of-week d)))))
 
+(def local-date-x (local-date 2017 3 29))
+(def local-date-x-with-later-time (doto (goog.date.Date.)
+                                             (.setTime (+ 1 (.getTime local-date-x)))))
+
 (deftest test-equal?
   (is (equal? (date-time 2013 01 01 01) (date-time 2013 01 01 01)))
   (is (equal? (date-time 1987) (date-time 1987)))
   (is (not (equal? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1987))))
-  (is (not (equal? (date-time 1987) (date-time 1986)))))
+  (is (not (equal? (date-time 1987) (date-time 1986))))
+  (is (equal? local-date-x local-date-x-with-later-time)))
 
 (deftest test-after?
   (is (after? (date-time 1987) (date-time 1986)))
   (is (not (after? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1987))))
-  (is (not (after? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1986)))))
+  (is (not (after? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1986))))
+  (is (not (after? local-date-x-with-later-time local-date-x))))
 
 (deftest test-before?
   (is (before? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1987)))
   (is (not (before? (date-time 1987) (date-time 1986))))
-  (is (not (before? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1986)))))
+  (is (not (before? (date-time 1986) (date-time 1986))))
+  (is (not (before? local-date-x local-date-x-with-later-time))))
 
 (deftest test-periods
   (is (= (date-time 1986 10 14 4 3 2 1)