diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
index 6ce24b2e1ef0..d2f5aaef0be4 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/java/io/swagger/codegen/languages/PhpClientCodegen.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ public class PhpClientCodegen extends DefaultCodegen implements CodegenConfig {
         typeMapping.put("string", "string");
         typeMapping.put("byte", "int");
         typeMapping.put("boolean", "bool");
-        typeMapping.put("Date", "\\Date");
+        typeMapping.put("Date", "\\DateTime");
         typeMapping.put("DateTime", "\\DateTime");
         typeMapping.put("file", "\\SplFileObject");
         typeMapping.put("map", "map");