diff --git a/compose.yaml b/compose.yaml
index 5a6d74901c321..ae0fe8deb4f34 100644
--- a/compose.yaml
+++ b/compose.yaml
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ services:
       - druid
 
   oracle:
+    platform: linux/amd64
     image: gvenzl/oracle-free:23.3-slim
     environment:
       ORACLE_PASSWORD: ibis
diff --git a/docs/contribute/02_workflow.qmd b/docs/contribute/02_workflow.qmd
index 99c713af98737..b3b866d071d72 100644
--- a/docs/contribute/02_workflow.qmd
+++ b/docs/contribute/02_workflow.qmd
@@ -251,3 +251,11 @@ you are going only up).
 ```bash
 $ colima delete
 ```
+
+### `x86_64` or `amd64` based containers
+
+While starting the containers based on `x86_64` / `amd64`, the architecture flag needs to be set in two places:
+1. Add `platform: linux/amd64` for the service in `compose.yaml`.
+2. Set the `--arch` flag while starting the VM `colima start --arch x86_64`
+
+For instance, this step is necessary for the `oracle` service in `compose.yaml`. Otherwise, the container will fail shortly after getting started.
diff --git a/ibis/backends/dask/convert.py b/ibis/backends/dask/convert.py
index eb5e3b0f650b8..fac952f267a76 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/dask/convert.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/dask/convert.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def convert_Date(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
         else:
             s = dd.to_datetime(s)
 
-        return s.dt.normalize()
+        return s
 
     @classmethod
     def convert_String(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
diff --git a/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_cast.py b/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_cast.py
index 23187b59abf96..ed27d5e4ff508 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_cast.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_cast.py
@@ -146,13 +146,12 @@ def test_timestamp_with_timezone_is_inferred_correctly(t):
 def test_cast_date(t, df, column):
     expr = t[column].cast("date")
     result = expr.execute()
-    expected = (
-        df[column]
-        .dt.normalize()
-        .map(lambda x: x.date())
-        .compute()
-        .rename(expr.get_name())
-    )
+
+    expected = df[column].compute().rename(expr.get_name())
+    if expected.dt.tz:
+        expected = expected.dt.tz_convert("UTC")
+    expected = expected.dt.tz_localize(None).astype(result.dtype)
+
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected, check_index=False)
 
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_temporal.py b/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_temporal.py
index a70bd37005f0b..3e3bd91cf95ae 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_temporal.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/dask/tests/test_temporal.py
@@ -66,8 +66,12 @@ def test_timestamp_functions(con, case_func, expected_func):
 def test_cast_datetime_strings_to_date(t, df, column):
     expr = t[column].cast("date")
     result = expr.execute()
+
     df_computed = df.compute()
-    expected = pd.to_datetime(df_computed[column]).map(lambda x: x.date())
+    expected = pd.to_datetime(df_computed[column])
+    if expected.dt.tz:
+        expected = expected.dt.tz_convert("UTC")
+    expected = expected.dt.tz_localize(None).astype(result.dtype)
 
     tm.assert_series_equal(
         result.reset_index(drop=True).rename("tmp"),
@@ -114,10 +118,10 @@ def test_cast_integer_to_date(t, pandas_df):
     expr = t.plain_int64.cast("date")
     result = expr.execute()
     expected = pd.Series(
-        pd.to_datetime(pandas_df.plain_int64.values, unit="D").date,
+        pd.to_datetime(pandas_df.plain_int64.values, unit="D"),
         index=pandas_df.index,
         name="plain_int64",
-    )
+    ).astype(result.dtype)
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected, check_names=False)
 
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/oracle/converter.py b/ibis/backends/oracle/converter.py
index 7755cb595340b..0b013847e0475 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/oracle/converter.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/oracle/converter.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import datetime
+import pandas as pd
 
 from ibis.formats.pandas import PandasData
 
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 class OraclePandasData(PandasData):
     @classmethod
     def convert_Timestamp_element(cls, dtype):
-        return datetime.datetime.fromisoformat
+        return pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat
 
     @classmethod
     def convert_Date_element(cls, dtype):
-        return datetime.date.fromisoformat
+        return pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat
 
     @classmethod
     def convert_Time_element(cls, dtype):
-        return datetime.time.fromisoformat
+        return pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat
diff --git a/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_cast.py b/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_cast.py
index 3f166e79464f4..49a1850cce881 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_cast.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_cast.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def test_timestamp_with_timezone_is_inferred_correctly(t, df):
 def test_cast_date(t, df, column):
     expr = t[column].cast("date")
     result = expr.execute()
-    expected = df[column].dt.normalize().dt.tz_localize(None).dt.date
+    expected = df[column].dt.normalize().dt.tz_localize(None).astype(result.dtype)
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_temporal.py b/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_temporal.py
index f8cf670e99f14..6c43e0752f757 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_temporal.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/pandas/tests/test_temporal.py
@@ -67,7 +67,10 @@ def test_timestamp_functions(case_func, expected_func):
 def test_cast_datetime_strings_to_date(t, df, column):
     expr = t[column].cast("date")
     result = expr.execute()
-    expected = pd.to_datetime(df[column]).dt.normalize().dt.tz_localize(None).dt.date
+    expected = pd.to_datetime(df[column]).dt.normalize()
+    if expected.dt.tz:
+        expected = expected.dt.tz_convert("UTC")
+    expected = expected.dt.tz_localize(None).astype(result.dtype)
     tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
 
 
@@ -104,7 +107,7 @@ def test_cast_integer_to_date(t, df):
     expr = t.plain_int64.cast("date")
     result = expr.execute()
     expected = pd.Series(
-        pd.to_datetime(df.plain_int64.values, unit="D").date,
+        pd.to_datetime(df.plain_int64.values, unit="D").astype(result.dtype),
         index=df.index,
         name="plain_int64",
     )
diff --git a/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py b/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py
index e3094eab94de0..9b363b0b502ac 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/snowflake/converter.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import datetime
 import json
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
+import pandas as pd
 import pyarrow as pa
 
 from ibis.formats.pandas import PandasData
@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ def __arrow_ext_scalar_class__(self):
 class SnowflakePandasData(PandasData):
     @classmethod
     def convert_Timestamp_element(cls, dtype):
-        return datetime.datetime.fromisoformat
+        return pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat
 
     @classmethod
     def convert_Date_element(cls, dtype):
-        return datetime.date.fromisoformat
+        return pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat
 
     @classmethod
     def convert_Time_element(cls, dtype):
-        return datetime.time.fromisoformat
+        return pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat
 
     @classmethod
     def convert_JSON(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
diff --git a/ibis/backends/sqlite/tests/test_types.py b/ibis/backends/sqlite/tests/test_types.py
index 14f8eeebd9f91..50ffdf96dc9d8 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/sqlite/tests/test_types.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/sqlite/tests/test_types.py
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ def test_type_map(db):
     sol = pd.DataFrame(
         {"str_col": ["a"], "date_col": pd.Series([date(2022, 1, 1)], dtype="object")}
     )
+    sol["date_col"] = sol["date_col"].astype(res["date_col"].dtype)
+
     assert res.equals(sol)
 
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_aggregation.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_aggregation.py
index 50be5a738d5a1..51ad14f6c8f75 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_aggregation.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_aggregation.py
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ def test_string_quantile(alltypes, func):
 )
 def test_date_quantile(alltypes, func):
     expr = func(alltypes.timestamp_col.date())
-    result = expr.execute()
+    result = expr.execute().to_pydatetime().date()
     assert result == date(2009, 12, 31)
 
 
diff --git a/ibis/backends/tests/test_temporal.py b/ibis/backends/tests/test_temporal.py
index 19341a8c9b07b..561f7ab4b0c0c 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/tests/test_temporal.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/tests/test_temporal.py
@@ -686,9 +686,7 @@ def convert_to_offset(x):
             "ignore", category=(UserWarning, pd.errors.PerformanceWarning)
         )
         expected = (
-            pd.to_datetime(df.date_string_col)
-            .add(offset)
-            .map(lambda ts: ts.normalize().date(), na_action="ignore")
+            pd.to_datetime(df.date_string_col).add(offset).astype("datetime64[s]")
         )
 
     expected = backend.default_series_rename(expected)
@@ -774,12 +772,7 @@ def convert_to_offset(x):
         ),
         param(
             lambda t, _: t.timestamp_col.date() + ibis.interval(days=4),
-            lambda t, _: (
-                t.timestamp_col.dt.floor("d")
-                .add(pd.Timedelta(days=4))
-                .dt.normalize()
-                .dt.date
-            ),
+            lambda t, _: t.timestamp_col.dt.floor("d").add(pd.Timedelta(days=4)),
             id="date-add-interval",
             marks=[
                 pytest.mark.notimpl(
@@ -788,16 +781,19 @@ def convert_to_offset(x):
                     reason="'StringColumn' object has no attribute 'date'",
                 ),
                 pytest.mark.notimpl(["exasol"], raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError),
+                pytest.mark.broken(
+                    ["oracle"],
+                    raises=AssertionError,
+                    reason=(
+                        "Oracle includes hour:min:sec in the result for "
+                        "CAST(t0.timestamp_col AS DATE), while other backends don't."
+                    ),
+                ),
             ],
         ),
         param(
             lambda t, _: t.timestamp_col.date() - ibis.interval(days=14),
-            lambda t, _: (
-                t.timestamp_col.dt.floor("d")
-                .sub(pd.Timedelta(days=14))
-                .dt.normalize()
-                .dt.date
-            ),
+            lambda t, _: t.timestamp_col.dt.floor("d").sub(pd.Timedelta(days=14)),
             id="date-subtract-interval",
             marks=[
                 pytest.mark.notimpl(
@@ -806,6 +802,14 @@ def convert_to_offset(x):
                     reason="'StringColumn' object has no attribute 'date'",
                 ),
                 pytest.mark.notimpl(["exasol"], raises=com.OperationNotDefinedError),
+                pytest.mark.broken(
+                    ["oracle"],
+                    raises=AssertionError,
+                    reason=(
+                        "Oracle includes hour:min:sec in the result for "
+                        "CAST(t0.timestamp_col AS DATE), while other backends don't."
+                    ),
+                ),
             ],
         ),
         param(
@@ -1210,19 +1214,28 @@ def test_interval_add_cast_scalar(backend, alltypes):
     reason="'StringColumn' object has no attribute 'date'",
 )
 @pytest.mark.broken(["flink"], raises=AssertionError, reason="incorrect results")
+@pytest.mark.broken(
+    ["oracle"],
+    raises=AssertionError,
+    reason=(
+        "Oracle includes hour:min:sec in the result for "
+        "CAST(t0.timestamp_col AS DATE), while other backends don't."
+    ),
+)
 def test_interval_add_cast_column(backend, alltypes, df):
     timestamp_date = alltypes.timestamp_col.date()
     delta = alltypes.bigint_col.cast("interval('D')")
     expr = alltypes["id", (timestamp_date + delta).name("tmp")]
     result = expr.execute().sort_values("id").reset_index().tmp
+
     df = df.sort_values("id").reset_index(drop=True)
     expected = (
         df["timestamp_col"]
         .dt.normalize()
         .add(df.bigint_col.astype("timedelta64[D]"))
         .rename("tmp")
-        .dt.date
     )
+
     backend.assert_series_equal(result, expected.astype(result.dtype))
 
 
@@ -2442,7 +2455,7 @@ def test_time_literal_sql(dialect, snapshot, micros):
                 ),
                 pytest.mark.notyet(["datafusion"], raises=Exception),
                 pytest.mark.broken(
-                    ["pandas", "dask"],
+                    ["dask", "pandas", "pyspark"],
                     condition=is_older_than("pandas", "2.0.0"),
                     raises=ValueError,
                     reason="Out of bounds nanosecond timestamp: 9999-01-02 00:00:00",
@@ -2461,7 +2474,7 @@ def test_time_literal_sql(dialect, snapshot, micros):
                 ),
                 pytest.mark.notyet(["datafusion"], raises=Exception),
                 pytest.mark.broken(
-                    ["pandas", "dask"],
+                    ["dask", "pandas", "pyspark"],
                     condition=is_older_than("pandas", "2.0.0"),
                     raises=ValueError,
                     reason="Out of bounds nanosecond timestamp: 1-07-17 00:00:00",
@@ -2484,10 +2497,7 @@ def test_time_literal_sql(dialect, snapshot, micros):
 )
 def test_date_scalar(con, value, func):
     expr = ibis.date(func(value)).name("tmp")
-
     result = con.execute(expr)
 
-    assert not isinstance(result, datetime.datetime)
-    assert isinstance(result, datetime.date)
-
-    assert result == datetime.date.fromisoformat(value)
+    assert isinstance(result, pd.Timestamp)
+    assert result == pd.Timestamp.fromisoformat(value)
diff --git a/ibis/expr/api.py b/ibis/expr/api.py
index d9ca23f984e59..84f82964197f2 100644
--- a/ibis/expr/api.py
+++ b/ibis/expr/api.py
@@ -907,12 +907,12 @@ def date(value_or_year, month=None, day=None, /):
     Create a date scalar from a string
 
     >>> ibis.date("2023-01-02")
-    datetime.date(2023, 1, 2)
+    Timestamp('2023-01-02 00:00:00')
 
     Create a date scalar from year, month, and day
 
     >>> ibis.date(2023, 1, 2)
-    datetime.date(2023, 1, 2)
+    Timestamp('2023-01-02 00:00:00')
 
     Create a date column from year, month, and day
 
diff --git a/ibis/formats/pandas.py b/ibis/formats/pandas.py
index 597b4efb22eac..77288d9ad5ea9 100644
--- a/ibis/formats/pandas.py
+++ b/ibis/formats/pandas.py
@@ -223,17 +223,21 @@ def convert_Timestamp(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
     def convert_Date(cls, s, dtype, pandas_type):
         if isinstance(s.dtype, pd.DatetimeTZDtype):
             s = s.dt.tz_convert("UTC").dt.tz_localize(None)
+
         try:
-            return s.astype(pandas_type).dt.date
+            return s.astype(pandas_type)
+
         except (TypeError, pd._libs.tslibs.OutOfBoundsDatetime):
 
             def try_date(v):
-                if isinstance(v, datetime.datetime):
-                    return v.date()
+                if isinstance(v, datetime.date):
+                    return pd.Timestamp(v)
                 elif isinstance(v, str):
                     if v.endswith("Z"):
-                        return datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(v[:-1]).date()
-                    return datetime.date.fromisoformat(v)
+                        datetime_obj = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(v[:-1])
+                    else:
+                        datetime_obj = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(v)
+                    return pd.Timestamp(datetime_obj)
                 else:
                     return v