diff --git a/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/Publisher.test.ts b/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/Publisher.test.ts
index 0228fb5..b591c66 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/Publisher.test.ts
+++ b/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/Publisher.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Publisher } from '../Publisher'
 import {
   ConsoleLogger,
   getClientMock,
-  getTopicMock,
+  getTopicMock, IMessageType,
   SCHEMA_DEFINITION_EXAMPLE,
   SCHEMA_EXAMPLE,
   schemaMock,
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ const type = Type.forSchema(SCHEMA_DEFINITION_EXAMPLE as Schema, {logicalTypes:
 const processAbortSpy = jest.spyOn(process, 'abort')
 const schemas = {writer: SCHEMA_DEFINITION_EXAMPLE, reader: SCHEMA_DEFINITION_EXAMPLE}
 
+const DATE_WITH_UNSAFE_NUMBER_TIMESTAMP_IN_MICROS = new Date('3000-01-01T00:00:00.000Z')
+const MAX_DATE_WITH_SAFE_NUMBER_TIMESTAMP_IN_MICROS = new Date('2255-06-05T23:47:34.740Z')
 
 describe('Publisher', () => {
   let publisher: Publisher
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ describe('Publisher', () => {
     it('publishes avro json encoded object', async () => {
       publisher = new Publisher(topic, clientMock as unknown as PubSub, new ConsoleLogger(), schemas)
       topicMock.exists.mockResolvedValue([true])
-      topicMock.getMetadata.mockResolvedValue([{'schemaSettings': {'schema': 'mock-schema'}}])
+      topicMock.getMetadata.mockResolvedValue([{ 'schemaSettings': { 'schema': 'mock-schema' } }])
       schemaMock.get.mockResolvedValue(SCHEMA_EXAMPLE)
       await publisher.initialize()
 
@@ -128,6 +130,22 @@ describe('Publisher', () => {
           invalidPaths: ['second', 'createdAt', 'fourth.flag'],
         }))
     })
+
+    it('publishes avro json with max allowed date value when date in micros overflows MAX_SAFE_INTEGER', async () => {
+      publisher = new Publisher(topic, clientMock as unknown as PubSub, new ConsoleLogger(), schemas)
+      topicMock.exists.mockResolvedValue([true])
+      topicMock.getMetadata.mockResolvedValue([{ 'schemaSettings': { 'schema': 'mock-schema' } }])
+      schemaMock.get.mockResolvedValue(SCHEMA_EXAMPLE)
+      await publisher.initialize()
+
+      const message = { first: 'one', createdAt: DATE_WITH_UNSAFE_NUMBER_TIMESTAMP_IN_MICROS }
+      await publisher.publishMsg(message)
+
+      const avroMessage = Buffer.from(type.toString(message))
+      expect(topicMock.publishMessage).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ data: avroMessage, attributes: metadata })
+      const decodedMessage = type.fromString(avroMessage.toString()) as IMessageType
+      expect(decodedMessage.createdAt).toEqual(MAX_DATE_WITH_SAFE_NUMBER_TIMESTAMP_IN_MICROS)
+    })
   })
 
   describe('flush', () => {
diff --git a/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/support/pubsubMock.ts b/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/support/pubsubMock.ts
index b5750bc..43f8964 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/support/pubsubMock.ts
+++ b/packages/pubsub/src/__tests__/support/pubsubMock.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ import { ILogger } from '../../ILogger'
 type EventHandler = (attrs: unknown) => Promise<unknown>
 type EventHandlerMap = { [key: string]: EventHandler }
 
+export interface IMessageType {
+  first?: string,
+  second?: string,
+  createdAt?: Date,
+  third?: string,
+  fourth?: {flag: boolean}
+}
+
 export const SCHEMA_DEFINITION_EXAMPLE = {
   'type': 'record',
   'name': 'Avro',
diff --git a/packages/pubsub/src/logical-types/DateType.ts b/packages/pubsub/src/logical-types/DateType.ts
index 14ee8bb..f68f71a 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/src/logical-types/DateType.ts
+++ b/packages/pubsub/src/logical-types/DateType.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,22 @@ export class DateType extends types.LogicalType {
     return new Date(val / 1000)
   }
   _toValue(date: any) {
-    return date instanceof Date ? date.getTime() * 1000 : undefined
+    if (!(date instanceof Date)) {
+      return undefined
+    }
+    let dateInMillis = date.getTime() * 1000
+    // If number is not a safe integer, it will lose precision during conversion:
+    // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/MAX_SAFE_INTEGER
+    // Avsc will throw errors trying to convert number larger than Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1
+    // Only possibility to fix is to use custom long types like BigInt, but still it will not work for json conversion,
+    // because of that limiting date to max possible date in micros, if received value larger than that
+    // https://github.com/mtth/avsc/wiki/Advanced-usage#custom-long-types
+    if (Number.isSafeInteger(dateInMillis)) {
+      return dateInMillis
+    } else {
+      // max safe date in micros is "2255-06-05T23:47:34.740Z"
+      return Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER - 1
+    }
   }
   _resolve(type: Type) {
     if (Type.isType(type, 'logical:timestamp-micros')) {