diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fd55d1a..8c7bef2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/pydantic/speedate/"
 [dependencies]
 strum = { version = "0.25", features = ["derive"] }
 strum_macros = "0.25"
+lexical-core = { version = "0.8.5", features = ["format"] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 chrono = "0.4.19"
diff --git a/src/date.rs b/src/date.rs
index aeac4c7..dc8ebe7 100644
--- a/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/date.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
-use crate::numbers::int_parse_bytes;
+use crate::numbers::parse_int_with_json_semantics;
 use crate::{get_digit_unchecked, DateTime, ParseError};
 
 /// A Date
@@ -159,9 +159,9 @@ impl Date {
     pub fn parse_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, ParseError> {
         match Self::parse_bytes_rfc3339(bytes) {
             Ok(d) => Ok(d),
-            Err(e) => match int_parse_bytes(bytes) {
-                Some(int) => Self::from_timestamp(int, true),
-                None => Err(e),
+            Err(e) => match parse_int_with_json_semantics(bytes) {
+                Some(int_or_float) => Self::from_timestamp(int_or_float, true),
+                _ => Err(e),
             },
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/numbers.rs b/src/numbers.rs
index 85a4190..3b77845 100644
--- a/src/numbers.rs
+++ b/src/numbers.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+use lexical_core::{format as lexical_format, parse_with_options, ParseIntegerOptions};
+
+// Parse bytes as an int with JSON semantics.
+pub fn parse_int_with_json_semantics(bytes: &[u8]) -> Option<i64> {
+    const JSON: u128 = lexical_format::JSON;
+    let int_options = ParseIntegerOptions::new();
+    let int_result: Result<i64, lexical_core::Error> = parse_with_options::<i64, JSON>(bytes, &int_options);
+
+    match int_result {
+        Ok(parsed_int) => Some(parsed_int),
+        Err(_) => None,
+    }
+}
+
 /// Parse a string as an int.
 ///
 /// This is around 2x faster than using `str::parse::<i64>()`
diff --git a/tests/main.rs b/tests/main.rs
index 50a9df9..041682a 100644
--- a/tests/main.rs
+++ b/tests/main.rs
@@ -1348,3 +1348,14 @@ fn test_time_config_builder() {
     );
     assert_eq!(TimeConfigBuilder::new().build(), TimeConfig::builder().build());
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn date_dash_err() {
+    let error = match Date::parse_str("-") {
+        Ok(_) => panic!("unexpectedly valid"),
+        Err(e) => e,
+    };
+    assert_eq!(error, ParseError::TooShort);
+    assert_eq!(error.to_string(), "too_short");
+    assert_eq!(error.get_documentation(), Some("input is too short"));
+}