diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 1685844d9..d533d280a 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -275,6 +275,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
                 .long(OPT_DATE)
                 .value_name("STRING")
                 .allow_hyphen_values(true)
+                .overrides_with(OPT_DATE)
                 .help(translate!("date-help-date")),
         )
         .arg(
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
index 7fc1dd364..f802b9884 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
@@ -504,6 +504,19 @@ fn test_invalid_date_string() {
         .stderr_contains("invalid date");
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_multiple_dates() {
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .arg("-d")
+        .arg("invalid")
+        .arg("-d")
+        .arg("2000-02-02")
+        .arg("+%Y")
+        .succeeds()
+        .stdout_is("2000\n")
+        .no_stderr();
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_date_one_digit_date() {
     new_ucmd!()