diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/DateTimeFormatter.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/DateTimeFormatter.java
index 8c3c71e24..0de9eac29 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/DateTimeFormatter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/DateTimeFormatter.java
@@ -45,10 +45,12 @@ class DateTimeFormatter {
 	static {
 		FormatterImpl dateTimeHelper;
 		try {
-			dateTimeHelper = loadDateTimeFormatter("org.bson.json.DateTimeFormatter$Java8DateTimeFormatter");
+			dateTimeHelper = loadDateTimeFormatter(
+					"org.springframework.data.mongodb.util.json.DateTimeFormatter$Java8DateTimeFormatter");
 		} catch (LinkageError e) {
 			// this is expected if running on a release prior to Java 8: fallback to JAXB.
-			dateTimeHelper = loadDateTimeFormatter("org.bson.json.DateTimeFormatter$JaxbDateTimeFormatter");
+			dateTimeHelper = loadDateTimeFormatter(
+					"org.springframework.data.mongodb.util.json.DateTimeFormatter$JaxbDateTimeFormatter");
 		}
 
 		FORMATTER_IMPL = dateTimeHelper;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingDocumentCodec.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingDocumentCodec.java
index 2edde9433..2ec51a79b 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingDocumentCodec.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingDocumentCodec.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import static org.bson.codecs.configuration.CodecRegistries.*;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.UUID;
@@ -35,22 +36,13 @@ import org.bson.BsonValue;
 import org.bson.BsonWriter;
 import org.bson.Document;
 import org.bson.Transformer;
-import org.bson.codecs.BsonTypeClassMap;
-import org.bson.codecs.BsonTypeCodecMap;
-import org.bson.codecs.BsonValueCodecProvider;
-import org.bson.codecs.Codec;
-import org.bson.codecs.CollectibleCodec;
-import org.bson.codecs.DecoderContext;
-import org.bson.codecs.DocumentCodecProvider;
-import org.bson.codecs.EncoderContext;
-import org.bson.codecs.IdGenerator;
-import org.bson.codecs.ObjectIdGenerator;
-import org.bson.codecs.ValueCodecProvider;
+import org.bson.codecs.*;
 import org.bson.codecs.configuration.CodecRegistry;
-
 import org.springframework.data.spel.EvaluationContextProvider;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
+import org.springframework.util.NumberUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -278,6 +270,17 @@ public class ParameterBindingDocumentCodec implements CollectibleCodec<Document>
 			if (bindingReader.currentValue != null) {
 
 				Object value = bindingReader.currentValue;
+
+				if (ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(BsonType.DATE_TIME, bindingReader.getCurrentBsonType())
+						&& !(value instanceof Date)) {
+
+					if (value instanceof Number) {
+						value = new Date(NumberUtils.convertNumberToTargetClass((Number) value, Long.class));
+					} else if (value instanceof String) {
+						value = new Date(DateTimeFormatter.parse((String) value));
+					}
+				}
+
 				bindingReader.setState(State.TYPE);
 				bindingReader.currentValue = null;
 				return value;
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReader.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReader.java
index ba61e487c..a5801031c 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReader.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReader.java
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ public class ParameterBindingJsonReader extends AbstractBsonReader {
 			matched = true;
 			String group = matcher.group();
 			int index = computeParameterIndex(group);
-			computedValue = computedValue.replace(group, ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(getBindableValueForIndex(index)));
+			computedValue = computedValue.replace(group, nullSaveToString(getBindableValueForIndex(index)));
 		}
 
 		if (!matched) {
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ public class ParameterBindingJsonReader extends AbstractBsonReader {
 				String binding = regexMatcher.group();
 				String expression = binding.substring(3, binding.length() - 1);
 
-				computedValue = computedValue.replace(binding, ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(evaluateExpression(expression)));
+				computedValue = computedValue.replace(binding, nullSaveToString(evaluateExpression(expression)));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -416,6 +416,15 @@ public class ParameterBindingJsonReader extends AbstractBsonReader {
 		return bindableValue;
 	}
 
+	private static String nullSaveToString(Object value) {
+
+		if (value instanceof Date) {
+			return DateTimeFormatter.format(((Date) value).getTime());
+		}
+
+		return ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(value);
+	}
+
 	private static int computeParameterIndex(String parameter) {
 		return NumberUtils.parseNumber(parameter.replace("?", ""), Integer.class);
 	}
@@ -1244,12 +1253,20 @@ public class ParameterBindingJsonReader extends AbstractBsonReader {
 		} else {
 			if (valueToken.getType() == JsonTokenType.INT32 || valueToken.getType() == JsonTokenType.INT64) {
 				value = valueToken.getValue(Long.class);
-			} else if (valueToken.getType() == JsonTokenType.STRING) {
-				String dateTimeString = valueToken.getValue(String.class);
-				try {
-					value = DateTimeFormatter.parse(dateTimeString);
-				} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-					throw new JsonParseException("Failed to parse string as a date", e);
+			} else if (valueToken.getType() == JsonTokenType.STRING
+					|| valueToken.getType() == JsonTokenType.UNQUOTED_STRING) {
+
+				Object dt = bindableValueFor(valueToken).getValue();
+				if (dt instanceof Date) {
+					value = ((Date) dt).getTime();
+				} else if (dt instanceof Number) {
+					value = NumberUtils.convertNumberToTargetClass((Number) dt, Long.class);
+				} else {
+					try {
+						value = DateTimeFormatter.parse(dt.toString());
+					} catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+						throw new JsonParseException(String.format("Failed to parse string '%s' as a date", dt), e);
+					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				throw new JsonParseException("JSON reader expected an integer or string but found '%s'.",
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReaderUnitTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReaderUnitTests.java
index 0026fbc74..15ee1133e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReaderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/json/ParameterBindingJsonReaderUnitTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.*;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.bson.Document;
@@ -158,6 +159,42 @@ public class ParameterBindingJsonReaderUnitTests {
 		assertThat(target).isEqualTo(new Document("arg0", 100.01D));
 	}
 
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-2315
+	public void bindDateAsDate() {
+
+		Date date = new Date();
+		Document target = parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : ?0 } } }", date);
+
+		assertThat(target).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : " + date.getTime() + " } } } "));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-2315
+	public void bindQuotedDateAsDate() {
+
+		Date date = new Date();
+		Document target = parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : '?0' } } }", date);
+
+		assertThat(target).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : " + date.getTime() + " } } } "));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-2315
+	public void bindStringAsDate() {
+
+		Date date = new Date();
+		Document target = parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : ?0 } } }", "2019-07-04T12:19:23.000Z");
+
+		assertThat(target).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : '2019-07-04T12:19:23.000Z' } } } "));
+	}
+
+	@Test // DATAMONGO-2315
+	public void bindNumberAsDate() {
+
+		Long time = new Date().getTime();
+		Document target = parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : ?0 } } }", time);
+
+		assertThat(target).isEqualTo(Document.parse("{ 'end_date' : { $gte : { $date : " + time + " } } } "));
+	}
+
 	private static Document parse(String json, Object... args) {
 
 		ParameterBindingJsonReader reader = new ParameterBindingJsonReader(json, args);