diff --git a/tests/unit/cython/test_types.py b/tests/unit/cython/test_types.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0286450b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/cython/test_types.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2016 DataStax, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from tests.unit.cython.utils import cyimport, cythontest
+types_testhelper = cyimport('tests.unit.cython.types_testhelper')
+
+try:
+    import unittest2 as unittest
+except ImportError:
+    import unittest  # noqa
+
+
+class TypesTest(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    @cythontest
+    def test_datetype(self):
+        types_testhelper.test_datetype(self.assertEqual)
diff --git a/tests/unit/cython/types_testhelper.pyx b/tests/unit/cython/types_testhelper.pyx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b27a2f21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/cython/types_testhelper.pyx
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2016 DataStax, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+import time
+import datetime
+
+include '../../../cassandra/ioutils.pyx'
+
+from cassandra.cqltypes import DateType
+from cassandra.deserializers import find_deserializer
+from cassandra.bytesio cimport BytesIOReader
+from cassandra.buffer cimport Buffer
+from cassandra.deserializers cimport from_binary, Deserializer
+
+
+def test_datetype(assert_equal):
+
+    cdef Deserializer des = find_deserializer(DateType)
+
+    def deserialize(timestamp):
+        """Serialize a datetime and deserialize it using the cython deserializer"""
+
+        cdef BytesIOReader reader
+        cdef Buffer buf
+
+        dt = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(timestamp)
+        reader = BytesIOReader(b'\x00\x00\x00\x08' + DateType.serialize(dt, 0))
+        get_buf(reader, &buf)
+        deserialized_dt = from_binary(des, &buf, 0)
+
+        return deserialized_dt
+
+    # deserialize
+    # epoc
+    expected = 0
+    assert_equal(deserialize(expected), datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(expected))
+
+    # beyond 32b
+    expected = 2 ** 33
+    assert_equal(deserialize(expected), datetime.datetime(2242, 3, 16, 12, 56, 32))
+
+    # less than epoc (PYTHON-119)
+    expected = -770172256
+    assert_equal(deserialize(expected), datetime.datetime(1945, 8, 5, 23, 15, 44))
+
+    # work around rounding difference among Python versions (PYTHON-230)
+    # This wont pass with the cython extension until we fix the microseconds alignment with CPython
+    #expected = 1424817268.274
+    #assert_equal(deserialize(expected), datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 24, 22, 34, 28, 274000))
+
+    # Large date overflow (PYTHON-452)
+    expected = 2177403010.123
+    assert_equal(deserialize(expected), datetime.datetime(2038, 12, 31, 10, 10, 10, 123000))
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_types.py b/tests/unit/test_types.py
index f6f618de..d8774b02 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_types.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_types.py
@@ -204,6 +204,10 @@ class TypeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         expected = 1424817268.274
         self.assertEqual(DateType.deserialize(int64_pack(int(1000 * expected)), 0), datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 24, 22, 34, 28, 274000))
 
+        # Large date overflow (PYTHON-452)
+        expected = 2177403010.123
+        self.assertEqual(DateType.deserialize(int64_pack(int(1000 * expected)), 0), datetime.datetime(2038, 12, 31, 10, 10, 10, 123000))
+
     def test_write_read_string(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryFile() as f:
             value = u'test'