diff --git a/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/MiscOperatorSuite.scala b/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/MiscOperatorSuite.scala
index 12e770327b55..b71457555e29 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/MiscOperatorSuite.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/MiscOperatorSuite.scala
@@ -1957,6 +1957,17 @@ class MiscOperatorSuite extends VeloxWholeStageTransformerSuite with AdaptiveSpa
     }
   }
 
+  test("Cast string to date") {
+    withTempView("view") {
+      Seq("2023-01-01", "2023-01-02", "-1", "-111-01-01")
+        .toDF("dateColumn")
+        .createOrReplaceTempView("view")
+      runQueryAndCompare("SELECT cast(dateColumn as date) from view") {
+        checkGlutenOperatorMatch[ProjectExecTransformer]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   test("Cast date to timestamp") {
     withTempPath {
       path =>
diff --git a/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ScalarFunctionsValidateSuite.scala b/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ScalarFunctionsValidateSuite.scala
index f9f9fe8e0c01..479139f7a932 100644
--- a/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ScalarFunctionsValidateSuite.scala
+++ b/backends-velox/src/test/scala/org/apache/gluten/execution/ScalarFunctionsValidateSuite.scala
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ abstract class ScalarFunctionsValidateSuite extends FunctionsValidateSuite {
   test("extract date field") {
     withTable("t") {
       sql("create table t (dt date) using parquet")
-      sql("insert into t values(date '2008-02-20')")
+      sql("insert into t values(date '2008-02-20'), (date '2022-01-01')")
       runQueryAndCompare("select weekofyear(dt) from t") {
         checkGlutenOperatorMatch[ProjectExecTransformer]
       }