diff --git a/bookwyrm/models/fields.py b/bookwyrm/models/fields.py
index 9c8793649..85ee654e3 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/models/fields.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/models/fields.py
@@ -569,15 +569,17 @@ class PartialDateField(ActivitypubFieldMixin, SealedDateField):
         except (ValueError, ParserError):
             return None
 
-        # FIXME #1: add timezone if missing (SealedDate only accepts tz-aware).
-        #
-        # FIXME #2: decide whether to fix timestamps like "2023-09-30T21:00:00-03":
+        if timezone.is_aware(parsed):
+            return SealedDate.from_datetime(parsed)
+        else:
+            # Should not happen on the wire, but truncate down to date parts.
+            return SealedDate.from_date_parts(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day)
+
+        # FIXME: decide whether to fix timestamps like "2023-09-30T21:00:00-03":
         # clearly Oct 1st, not Sep 30th (an unwanted side-effect of USE_TZ). It's
         # basically the remnants of #3028; there is a data migration pending (see …)
         # but over the wire we might get these for an indeterminate amount of time.
 
-        return SealedDate.from_datetime(parsed)
-
 
 class HtmlField(ActivitypubFieldMixin, models.TextField):
     """a text field for storing html"""
diff --git a/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_fields.py b/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_fields.py
index e9afcdef6..d04178d4a 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_fields.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/tests/models/test_fields.py
@@ -601,9 +601,8 @@ class ModelFields(TestCase):
         instance = fields.PartialDateField()
         expected = datetime.date(2023, 10, 20)
         test_cases = [
-            # XXX: must fix before merging.
-            # ("no_tz", "2023-10-20T00:00:00"),
-            # ("no_tz_eod", "2023-10-20T23:59:59.999999"),
+            ("no_tz", "2023-10-20T00:00:00"),
+            ("no_tz_eod", "2023-10-20T23:59:59.999999"),
             ("utc_offset_midday", "2023-10-20T12:00:00+0000"),
             ("utc_offset_midnight", "2023-10-20T00:00:00+00"),
             ("eastern_tz_parsed", "2023-10-20T15:20:30+04:30"),