diff --git a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m
index 15ee0589d56e4..4ffe921449ba4 100644
--- a/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m
+++ b/matlab/src/matlab/+arrow/+internal/+test/+tabular/createAllSupportedArrayTypes.m
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
     matlabData  = cell(numClasses, 1);
     
     timeClasses = getTimeArrayClasses();
+    dateClasses = getDateArrayClasses();
     numericArrayToMatlabTypeDict = getNumericArrayToMatlabDictionary();
 
     for ii = 1:numel(classes)
@@ -54,6 +55,10 @@
             matlabData{ii} = randomDurations(opts.NumRows);
             cmd = compose("%s.fromMATLAB(matlabData{ii})", name);
             arrowArrays{ii} = eval(cmd);
+        elseif ismember(name, dateClasses)
+            matlabData{ii} = randomDatetimes(opts.NumRows);
+            cmd = compose("%s.fromMATLAB(matlabData{ii})", name);
+            arrowArrays{ii} = eval(cmd);
         else
             error("arrow:test:SupportedArrayCase", ...
                 "Missing if-branch for array class " + name); 
@@ -86,6 +91,10 @@
     timeClasses = compose("arrow.array.Time%dArray", [32 64]);
 end
 
+function timeClasses = getDateArrayClasses()
+    timeClasses = compose("arrow.array.Date%dArray", 32);
+end
+
 function number = randomNumbers(numberType, numElements)
     number = cast(randi(255, [numElements 1]), numberType);
 end