diff --git a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m
index 4ffe921449ba4..6eb930271b467 100644
--- a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m
+++ b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@
     timeClasses = compose("arrow.array.Time%dArray", [32 64]);
 end
 
-function timeClasses = getDateArrayClasses()
-    timeClasses = compose("arrow.array.Date%dArray", 32);
+function dateClasses = getDateArrayClasses()
+    dateClasses = compose("arrow.array.Date%dArray", 32);
 end
 
 function number = randomNumbers(numberType, numElements)
@@ -116,4 +116,4 @@
 function dates = randomDatetimes(numElements)
     day = days(randi(255, [numElements 1]));
     dates = datetime(2023, 8, 23) + day;
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end