diff --git a/querystring/parse.js b/querystring/parse.js
index 24717b8f..9581393e 100644
--- a/querystring/parse.js
+++ b/querystring/parse.js
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ module.exports = function(string) {
 		if (value !== "" && !isNaN(number) || value === "NaN") value = number
 		else if (value === "true") value = true
 		else if (value === "false") value = false
-		else if (value.charAt(0) !== "/") {
-			var date = new Date(value)
-			if (!isNaN(date.getTime())) value = date
-		}
 
 		var levels = key.split(/\]\[?|\[/)
 		var cursor = data
diff --git a/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js b/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js
index d6f84526..3325d19a 100644
--- a/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js
+++ b/querystring/tests/test-parseQueryString.js
@@ -68,12 +68,6 @@ o.spec("parseQueryString", function() {
 		var data = parseQueryString("a[]=x&a[]=y&b[]=w&b[]=z")
 		o(data).deepEquals({a: ["x", "y"], b: ["w", "z"]})
 	})
-	/*TODO remove since build generates a[0]=b syntax
-	o("generates array for duplicate items", function() {
-		var data = parseQueryString("a=b&a=c&a=d")
-		o(data).deepEquals({a: ["b", "c", "d"]})
-	})
-	*/
 	o("casts booleans", function() {
 		var data = parseQueryString("a=true&b=false")
 		o(data).deepEquals({a: true, b: false})
@@ -86,10 +80,10 @@ o.spec("parseQueryString", function() {
 		var data = parseQueryString("a=NaN")
 		o(isNaN(data.a)).equals(true)
 	})
-	o("casts Date", function() {
-		var data = parseQueryString("a=" + new Date(0))
-		o(data.a instanceof Date).equals(true)
-		o(data.a.getTime()).equals(0)
+	o("does not casts Date", function() {
+		var data = parseQueryString("a=1970-01-01")
+		o(typeof data.a).equals("string")
+		o(data.a).equals("1970-01-01")
 	})
 	o("does not cast empty string to number", function() {
 		var data = parseQueryString("a=")