diff --git a/src/base.js b/src/base.js
index 58d522c2..1c9721ff 100644
--- a/src/base.js
+++ b/src/base.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export const paragraph = options => chance.paragraph(!isPrimitive(options) ? opt
 export const url = options => chance.url(!isPrimitive(options) ? options : undefined);
 export const boolean = options => chance.bool(!isPrimitive(options) ? options : undefined);
 export const email = options => chance.email(!isPrimitive(options) ? options : undefined);
-export const date = () => chance.date({string: true});
+export const date = options => chance.date({string: true, ...options});
 export const fromList = list => chance.pickone(list);
 export const subList = (list, {size}) => chance.pickset(list, size);
 
diff --git a/test/unit/base-test.js b/test/unit/base-test.js
index a8275456..5206e2f5 100644
--- a/test/unit/base-test.js
+++ b/test/unit/base-test.js
@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ suite('base generators', () => {
     const date = chance.date();
     chanceStub.date.withArgs({string: true}).returns(date);
 
+    assert.equal(any.date(), date);
+  });
+
+  test('that options can be passed through the date factory to the chance method', () => {
+    const date = chance.date();
+    chanceStub.date.withArgs({string: true, ...options}).returns(date);
+
     assert.equal(any.date(options), date);
   });