diff --git a/gix-date/src/lib.rs b/gix-date/src/lib.rs
index 20893a7cab8..1570a596eac 100644
--- a/gix-date/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gix-date/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ pub mod time;
 
 ///
 pub mod parse;
+
+use crate::time::Sign;
 pub use parse::function::parse;
+use std::ops::Sub;
 
 /// A timestamp with timezone.
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Debug, Hash, Ord, PartialOrd, Clone, Copy)]
@@ -29,6 +32,24 @@ pub struct Time {
     pub sign: time::Sign,
 }
 
+impl Sub for Time {
+    type Output = i64;
+
+    fn sub(self, rhs: Self) -> Self::Output {
+        self.total() - rhs.total()
+    }
+}
+
+impl Time {
+    fn total(&self) -> i64 {
+        if self.sign == Sign::Minus {
+            self.seconds - self.offset as i64
+        } else {
+            self.seconds + self.offset as i64
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// The amount of seconds since unix epoch.
 ///
 /// Note that negative dates represent times before the unix epoch.
diff --git a/gix/src/revision/spec/parse/delegate/revision.rs b/gix/src/revision/spec/parse/delegate/revision.rs
index d92a51ac225..445b5d80dc2 100644
--- a/gix/src/revision/spec/parse/delegate/revision.rs
+++ b/gix/src/revision/spec/parse/delegate/revision.rs
@@ -106,12 +106,51 @@ impl delegate::Revision for Delegate<'_> {
     fn reflog(&mut self, query: ReflogLookup) -> Option<()> {
         self.unset_disambiguate_call();
         match query {
-            ReflogLookup::Date(_date) => {
-                // TODO: actually do this - this should be possible now despite incomplete date parsing
-                self.err.push(Error::Planned {
-                    dependency: "remote handling and ref-specs are fleshed out more",
-                });
-                None
+            ReflogLookup::Date(date) => {
+                let r = match &mut self.refs[self.idx] {
+                    Some(r) => r.clone().attach(self.repo),
+                    val @ None => match self.repo.head().map(crate::Head::try_into_referent) {
+                        Ok(Some(r)) => {
+                            *val = Some(r.clone().detach());
+                            r
+                        }
+                        Ok(None) => {
+                            self.err.push(Error::UnbornHeadsHaveNoRefLog);
+                            return None;
+                        }
+                        Err(err) => {
+                            self.err.push(err.into());
+                            return None;
+                        }
+                    },
+                };
+
+                let mut platform = r.log_iter();
+                match platform.rev().ok().flatten() {
+                    Some(it) => match it
+                        .filter_map(Result::ok)
+                        .min_by_key(|l| (date - l.signature.time).abs())
+                    {
+                        Some(closest_line) => {
+                            self.objs[self.idx]
+                                .get_or_insert_with(HashSet::default)
+                                .insert(closest_line.new_oid);
+                            Some(())
+                        }
+                        None => {
+                            // do we need an another error variant?
+                            self.err.push(Error::SingleNotFound);
+                            None
+                        }
+                    },
+                    None => {
+                        self.err.push(Error::MissingRefLog {
+                            reference: r.name().as_bstr().into(),
+                            action: "lookup entry",
+                        });
+                        None
+                    }
+                }
             }
             ReflogLookup::Entry(no) => {
                 let r = match &mut self.refs[self.idx] {
diff --git a/gix/tests/gix/revision/spec/from_bytes/reflog.rs b/gix/tests/gix/revision/spec/from_bytes/reflog.rs
index 69fa218464e..eab30bba979 100644
--- a/gix/tests/gix/revision/spec/from_bytes/reflog.rs
+++ b/gix/tests/gix/revision/spec/from_bytes/reflog.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use gix::{
     prelude::ObjectIdExt,
-    revision::{spec::parse::Error, Spec},
+    revision::Spec,
 };
 
 use crate::{
@@ -78,10 +78,13 @@ fn by_index() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn by_date_is_planned_until_git_date_crate_is_implements_parsing() {
+fn by_date() {
     let repo = repo("complex_graph").unwrap();
-    assert!(matches!(
-        parse_spec_no_baseline("main@{1979-02-26 18:30:00}", &repo).unwrap_err(),
-        Error::Planned { .. }
-    ));
+
+    let spec = parse_spec_no_baseline("main@{1979-02-26 18:30:00}", &repo).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(
+        spec,
+        Spec::from_id(hex_to_id("9f9eac6bd1cd4b4cc6a494f044b28c985a22972b").attach(&repo))
+    );
 }