diff --git a/test/datatype_spec.js b/test/datatype_spec.js
index 4a8d6c6..06fa0a4 100644
--- a/test/datatype_spec.js
+++ b/test/datatype_spec.js
@@ -107,6 +107,50 @@ describe('jsonld.put data type', function() {
         });
       });
     });
+
+    it('does preserve date type when defined in context', function(done) {
+      var example = {
+        "@context": {
+          "@vocab": "http://schema.org/",
+          "startTime": { "@type": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime" }
+        },
+        "@id": "http://example.net/random-thing",
+        "@type": "Action",
+        "startTime": "2014-01-28T12:27:54"
+      };
+      db.jsonld.put(example, function() {
+        db.get({
+          predicate: 'http://schema.org/startTime'
+        }, function(err, triples) {
+          expect(triples[0].object).to.equal('"2014-01-28T12:27:54"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime>');
+          done();
+        });
+
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('does preserve date type when defined for given object', function(done) {
+      var example = {
+        "@context": {
+          "@vocab": "http://schema.org/"
+        },
+        "@id": "http://example.net/random-thing",
+        "@type": "Action",
+        "startTime": {
+          "@value": "2014-01-28T12:27:54",
+          "@type": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime"
+        }
+      };
+      db.jsonld.put(example, function() {
+        db.get({
+          predicate: 'http://schema.org/startTime'
+        }, function(err, triples) {
+          expect(triples[0].object).to.equal('"2014-01-28T12:27:54"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime>');
+          done();
+        });
+
+      });
+    });
   });
 });
 describe('jsonld.get data type', function() {
@@ -237,5 +281,78 @@ describe('jsonld.get data type', function() {
       });
     });
 
+    it('does preserve date', function(done) {
+      var example = {
+        "@context": {
+          "@vocab": "http://schema.org/",
+        },
+        "@id": "http://example.net/random-thing",
+        "@type": "Action"
+      };
+      var triple = {
+        subject: example['@id'],
+        predicate: 'http://schema.org/startTime',
+        object: '"2014-01-28T12:27:54"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime>'
+      };
+      db.jsonld.put(example, function() {
+        db.put(triple, function() {
+          db.jsonld.get(example['@id'], example['@context'], function(err, doc) {
+            expect(doc['startTime']['@type']).to.equal('http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime');
+            done();
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    //https://github.com/digitalbazaar/jsonld.js/issues/49#issuecomment-31614358
+    it('compacts term if value matches type', function(done) {
+      var example = {
+        "@context": {
+          "@vocab": "http://schema.org/",
+          "startTime": { "@type": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime" }
+        },
+        "@id": "http://example.net/random-thing",
+        "@type": "Action"
+      };
+      var triple = {
+        subject: example['@id'],
+        predicate: 'http://schema.org/startTime',
+        object: '"2014-01-28T12:27:54"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime>'
+      };
+      db.jsonld.put(example, function() {
+        db.put(triple, function() {
+          db.jsonld.get(example['@id'], example['@context'], function(err, doc) {
+            expect(doc['startTime']).to.equal('2014-01-28T12:27:54');
+            done();
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    //https://github.com/digitalbazaar/jsonld.js/issues/49#issuecomment-31614358
+    it('does not compact term when value does not have explicit type', function(done) {
+      var example = {
+        "@context": {
+          "@vocab": "http://schema.org/",
+          "startTime": { "@type": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime" }
+        },
+        "@id": "http://example.net/random-thing",
+        "@type": "Action"
+      };
+      var triple = {
+        subject: example['@id'],
+        predicate: 'http://schema.org/startTime',
+        object: '"2014-01-28T12:27:54"'
+      };
+      db.jsonld.put(example, function() {
+        db.put(triple, function() {
+          db.jsonld.get(example['@id'], example['@context'], function(err, doc) {
+            expect(doc['http://schema.org/startTime']).to.equal('2014-01-28T12:27:54');
+            done();
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
   });
 });