diff --git a/plugins/discourse-local-dates/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb b/plugins/discourse-local-dates/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb
index 9532861ffb6..617753415f5 100644
--- a/plugins/discourse-local-dates/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb
+++ b/plugins/discourse-local-dates/spec/lib/pretty_text_spec.rb
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ describe PrettyText do
       [date=2018-05-08 time=22:00 format=LLL timezones="Europe/Paris|America/Los_Angeles"]
     MD
     cooked_mail = <<~HTML
-      <p><span class="discourse-local-date" data-date="2018-05-08" data-time="22:00" data-format="LLL" data-timezones="Europe/Paris|America/Los_Angeles" data-email-preview="May 9, 2018 12:00 AM (Europe: Paris)">May 9, 2018 12:00 AM (Europe: Paris)</span></p>
+      <p><span class="discourse-local-date" data-date="2018-05-08" data-format="LLL" data-timezones="Europe/Paris|America/Los_Angeles" data-time="22:00" data-email-preview="May 9, 2018 12:00 AM (Europe: Paris)">May 9, 2018 12:00 AM (Europe: Paris)</span></p>
     HTML
 
     expect(PrettyText.format_for_email(cooked)).to match_html(cooked_mail)
diff --git a/plugins/discourse-local-dates/test/javascripts/acceptance/local-dates-test.js.es6 b/plugins/discourse-local-dates/test/javascripts/acceptance/local-dates-test.js.es6
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b98262b41be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discourse-local-dates/test/javascripts/acceptance/local-dates-test.js.es6
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { acceptance } from "helpers/qunit-helpers";
+import { clearPopupMenuOptionsCallback } from "discourse/controllers/composer";
+
+acceptance("Local Dates", {
+  loggedIn: true,
+  settings: { discourse_local_dates_enabled: true },
+  beforeEach() {
+    clearPopupMenuOptionsCallback();
+  }
+});
+
+test("local dates bbcode", async assert => {
+  await visit("/");
+  await click("#create-topic");
+
+  await fillIn(
+    ".d-editor-input",
+    '[date=2017-10-23 time=01:30:00 format="LL" timezone="Asia/Calcutta" timezones="Europe/Paris|America/Los_Angeles"]'
+  );
+
+  assert.ok(
+    exists(".d-editor-preview .discourse-local-date.past.cooked-date"),
+    "it should contain the cooked date output"
+  );
+});