diff --git a/linkml_model/model/schema/types.yaml b/linkml_model/model/schema/types.yaml
index f1921023..1f617537 100644
--- a/linkml_model/model/schema/types.yaml
+++ b/linkml_model/model/schema/types.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ types:
       - URI is dateTime because OWL reasoners do not work with straight date or time
 
   date:
-    uri: xsd:date
+    uri: xsd:dateTime
     base: XSDDate
     repr: str
     description: a date (year, month and day) in an idealized calendar