diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c
index f4df412461..63ea2f640b 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstvorbistag.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ gst_vorbis_tag_add (GstTagList * list, const gchar * tag, const gchar * value)
       break;
     }
     default:{
-      if (tag_type == GST_TYPE_DATE) {
+      if (tag_type == G_TYPE_DATE) {
         guint y, d = 1, m = 1;
         gchar *check = (gchar *) value;
 
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ gst_tag_to_vorbis_comments (const GstTagList * list, const gchar * tag)
         break;
       }
       default:{
-        if (tag_type == GST_TYPE_DATE) {
+        if (tag_type == G_TYPE_DATE) {
           GDate *date;
 
           if (!gst_tag_list_get_date_index (list, tag, i, &date))
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c
index 9cd07041f3..0c363c0d84 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/gstxmptag.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,7 @@ read_one_tag (GstTagList * list, XmpTag * xmptag,
           gst_date_time_unref (datetime);
         }
 
-      } else if (tag_type == GST_TYPE_DATE) {
+      } else if (tag_type == G_TYPE_DATE) {
         GDate *date;
         gint d, m, y;
 
@@ -1628,8 +1628,8 @@ gst_value_serialize_xmp (const GValue * value)
       break;
   }
   /* put non-switchable types here */
-  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (value) == GST_TYPE_DATE) {
-    const GDate *date = gst_value_get_date (value);
+  if (G_VALUE_TYPE (value) == G_TYPE_DATE) {
+    const GDate *date = g_value_get_boxed (value);
 
     return g_strdup_printf ("%04d-%02d-%02d",
         (gint) g_date_get_year (date), (gint) g_date_get_month (date),
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/tag/id3v2frames.c b/gst-libs/gst/tag/id3v2frames.c
index 78aa80e0f9..208c3a7420 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/tag/id3v2frames.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/tag/id3v2frames.c
@@ -786,7 +786,7 @@ id3v2_tag_to_taglist (ID3TagsWorking * work, const gchar * tag_name,
       GValue dest = { 0, };
 
       /* Ensure that any date string is complete */
-      if (tag_type == GST_TYPE_DATE) {
+      if (tag_type == G_TYPE_DATE) {
         guint year = 1901, month = 1, day = 1;
 
         /* Dates can be yyyy-MM-dd, yyyy-MM or yyyy, but we need
diff --git a/tests/check/libs/tag.c b/tests/check/libs/tag.c
index e11332a1f3..7dfd9c0105 100644
--- a/tests/check/libs/tag.c
+++ b/tests/check/libs/tag.c
@@ -1233,9 +1233,9 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_xmp_tags_serialization_deserialization)
       (GST_TAG_CAPTURING_EXPOSURE_COMPENSATION, &value);
   g_value_unset (&value);
 
-  g_value_init (&value, GST_TYPE_DATE);
+  g_value_init (&value, G_TYPE_DATE);
   date = g_date_new_dmy (22, 3, 2010);
-  gst_value_set_date (&value, date);
+  g_value_set_boxed (&value, date);
   g_date_free (date);
   do_simple_xmp_tag_serialization_deserialization (GST_TAG_DATE, &value);
   g_value_unset (&value);