diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/utils/utils.py b/r2/r2/lib/utils/utils.py
index 13c903a55..25d5ad22a 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/utils/utils.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/utils/utils.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from decimal import Decimal
 from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup, SoupStrainer
 
 from time import sleep
-from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from pylons import c, g
 from pylons.i18n import ungettext, _
 from r2.lib.filters import _force_unicode, _force_utf8
@@ -1111,6 +1111,11 @@ def to_date(d):
         return d.date()
     return d
 
+def to_datetime(d):
+    if isinstance(d, date):
+        return datetime(d.year, d.month, d.day)
+    return d
+
 def in_chunks(it, size=25):
     chunk = []
     it = iter(it)