diff --git a/R/dbi-shims.R b/R/dbi-shims.R
index 4939060..60a9fe3 100644
--- a/R/dbi-shims.R
+++ b/R/dbi-shims.R
@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ db_save_query.SQLServerConnection <- function (con, sql, name, temporary = TRUE,
   # http://smallbusiness.chron.com/create-table-query-results-microsoft-sql-50836.html
   if (temporary) name <- paste0("#", name)
   tt_sql <- dplyr::build_sql("SELECT * INTO ", dplyr::ident(name), " FROM ",
-    sql_subquery(con, sql), con = con)
+    dplyr::sql_subquery(con, sql), con = con)
   a <- dbSendUpdate(con, tt_sql)
   name
 }
 
-
 #' @importFrom dplyr db_drop_table
 #' @export
 db_drop_table.SQLServerConnection <- function (con, table, force = FALSE, ...) {
diff --git a/R/dplyr.R b/R/dplyr.R
index 5a5556a..d6a593a 100644
--- a/R/dplyr.R
+++ b/R/dplyr.R
@@ -68,7 +68,12 @@ tbl.src_sqlserver <- function (src, from, ...) {
 #' @export
 src_translate_env.src_sqlserver <- function (x) {
   dplyr::sql_variant(
-    scalar = dplyr::base_scalar,
+    scalar = dplyr::sql_translator(.parent = dplyr::base_scalar,
+      # http://sqlserverplanet.com/tsql/format-string-to-date
+      as.POSIXct = function(x) build_sql("CAST(", x, " AS DATETIME)"),
+      # DATE data type only available since SQL Server 2008
+      as.Date = function (x) build_sql("CAST(", x, " AS DATE)")
+    ),
     aggregate = dplyr::sql_translator(.parent = dplyr::base_agg,
       n = function() dplyr::sql("COUNT(*)"),
       mean = dplyr::sql_prefix('AVG'),