diff --git a/src/date.rs b/src/date.rs
index 4347d4c..d8c233b 100644
--- a/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/date.rs
@@ -350,10 +350,12 @@ impl<Tz: TimeZone> fmt::Display for Date<Tz> where Tz::Offset: fmt::Display {
 mod tests {
     use std::fmt;
 
+    use Datelike;
     use duration::Duration;
     use naive::date::NaiveDate;
     use naive::datetime::NaiveDateTime;
     use offset::{TimeZone, Offset, LocalResult};
+    use offset::local::Local;
 
     #[derive(Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
     struct UTC1y; // same to UTC but with an offset of 365 days
@@ -396,5 +398,10 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", UTC1y.ymd(2012, 3, 4).and_hms(5, 6, 7)),
                    "2012-03-04T05:06:07+8760:00".to_string());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_local_date_sanity_check() { // issue #27
+        assert_eq!(Local.ymd(2999, 12, 28).day(), 28);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/datetime.rs b/src/datetime.rs
index 35a0d0f..08b296b 100644
--- a/src/datetime.rs
+++ b/src/datetime.rs
@@ -378,23 +378,42 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     #[allow(non_snake_case)]
     fn test_datetime_offset() {
-        let EST = FixedOffset::east(5*60*60);
-        let EDT = FixedOffset::east(4*60*60);
+        let EST = FixedOffset::west(5*60*60);
+        let EDT = FixedOffset::west(4*60*60);
+        let KST = FixedOffset::east(9*60*60);
 
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9)),
                    "2014-05-06 07:08:09 UTC");
         assert_eq!(format!("{}", EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9)),
-                   "2014-05-06 07:08:09 +04:00");
+                   "2014-05-06 07:08:09 -04:00");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{}", KST.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9)),
+                   "2014-05-06 07:08:09 +09:00");
         assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9)),
                    "2014-05-06T07:08:09Z");
         assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9)),
-                   "2014-05-06T07:08:09+04:00");
+                   "2014-05-06T07:08:09-04:00");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", KST.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9)),
+                   "2014-05-06T07:08:09+09:00");
 
-        assert_eq!(UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9), EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(11, 8, 9));
+        // edge cases
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(0, 0, 0)),
+                   "2014-05-06T00:00:00Z");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(0, 0, 0)),
+                   "2014-05-06T00:00:00-04:00");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", KST.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(0, 0, 0)),
+                   "2014-05-06T00:00:00+09:00");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(23, 59, 59)),
+                   "2014-05-06T23:59:59Z");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(23, 59, 59)),
+                   "2014-05-06T23:59:59-04:00");
+        assert_eq!(format!("{:?}", KST.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(23, 59, 59)),
+                   "2014-05-06T23:59:59+09:00");
+
+        assert_eq!(UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9), EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(3, 8, 9));
         assert_eq!(UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9) + Duration::seconds(3600 + 60 + 1),
                    UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(8, 9, 10));
         assert_eq!(UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9) - EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(10, 11, 12),
-                   Duration::seconds(3600 - 3*60 - 3));
+                   Duration::seconds(-7*3600 - 3*60 - 3));
 
         assert_eq!(*UTC.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9).offset(), UTC);
         assert_eq!(*EDT.ymd(2014, 5, 6).and_hms(7, 8, 9).offset(), EDT);
diff --git a/src/offset/local.rs b/src/offset/local.rs
index 2a74d85..403ca03 100644
--- a/src/offset/local.rs
+++ b/src/offset/local.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,11 @@ impl TimeZone for Local {
 
     // override them for avoiding redundant works
     fn from_local_date(&self, local: &NaiveDate) -> LocalResult<Date<Local>> {
-        self.from_local_datetime(&local.and_hms(0, 0, 0)).map(|datetime| datetime.date())
+        // this sounds very strange, but required for keeping `TimeZone::ymd` sane.
+        // in the other words, we use the offset at the local midnight
+        // but keep the actual date unaltered (much like `FixedOffset`).
+        let midnight = self.from_local_datetime(&local.and_hms(0, 0, 0));
+        midnight.map(|datetime| Date::from_utc(*local, datetime.offset().clone()))
     }
     fn from_local_datetime(&self, local: &NaiveDateTime) -> LocalResult<DateTime<Local>> {
         let timespec = datetime_to_timespec(local, true);
@@ -103,7 +107,8 @@ impl TimeZone for Local {
     }
 
     fn from_utc_date(&self, utc: &NaiveDate) -> Date<Local> {
-        self.from_utc_datetime(&utc.and_hms(0, 0, 0)).date()
+        let midnight = self.from_utc_datetime(&utc.and_hms(0, 0, 0));
+        Date::from_utc(*utc, midnight.offset().clone())
     }
     fn from_utc_datetime(&self, utc: &NaiveDateTime) -> DateTime<Local> {
         let timespec = datetime_to_timespec(utc, false);