diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/SearchField.php b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/SearchField.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6abf97cf11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/FieldType/Date/SearchField.php
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of the eZ Publish Kernel package
+ *
+ * @copyright Copyright (C) eZ Systems AS. All rights reserved.
+ * @license For full copyright and license information view LICENSE file distributed with this source code.
+ * @version //autogentag//
+ */
+
+namespace eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Date;
+
+use eZ\Publish\SPI\Persistence\Content\Field;
+use eZ\Publish\SPI\FieldType\Indexable;
+use eZ\Publish\SPI\Search;
+
+/**
+ * Indexable definition for Date field type
+ */
+class SearchField implements Indexable
+{
+    /**
+     * Get index data for field for search backend
+     *
+     * @param Field $field
+     *
+     * @return \eZ\Publish\SPI\Search\Field[]
+     */
+    public function getIndexData( Field $field )
+    {
+        return array(
+            new Search\Field(
+                'value',
+                $field->value->data["timestamp"],
+                new Search\FieldType\IntegerField()
+            ),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get index field types for search backend
+     *
+     * @return \eZ\Publish\SPI\Search\FieldType[]
+     */
+    public function getIndexDefinition()
+    {
+        return array(
+            'value' => new Search\FieldType\IntegerField(),
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get name of the default field to be used for query and sort.
+     *
+     * As field types can index multiple fields (see MapLocation field type's
+     * implementation of this interface), this method is used to define default
+     * field for query and sort. Default field is typically used by Field
+     * criterion and sort clause.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function getDefaultField()
+    {
+        return "value";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/eZ/Publish/Core/settings/indexable_fieldtypes.yml b/eZ/Publish/Core/settings/indexable_fieldtypes.yml
index 0cdcd8f5b28..b4c49ccc569 100644
--- a/eZ/Publish/Core/settings/indexable_fieldtypes.yml
+++ b/eZ/Publish/Core/settings/indexable_fieldtypes.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 parameters:
     ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezstring.class: eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\TextLine\SearchField
+    ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezdate.class: eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Date\SearchField
     ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezprice.class: eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Price\SearchField
     ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezgmaplocation.class: eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\MapLocation\SearchField
     ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezcountry.class: eZ\Publish\Core\FieldType\Country\SearchField
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ services:
         tags:
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezcountry}
 
+    ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezdate:
+        class: %ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezdate.class%
+        tags:
+            - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezdate}
+
     ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezinteger:
         class: %ezpublish.fieldType.indexable.ezinteger.class%
         tags:
@@ -64,7 +70,6 @@ services:
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezimage}
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezboolean}
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezkeyword}
-            - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezdate}
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: eztime}
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezdatetime}
             - {name: ezpublish.fieldType.indexable, alias: ezinisetting}