diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cd1b866..4e34caa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@
 
     <!-- test dependencies -->
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>9.4.0.jre8</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/example/domain/Customer.java b/src/main/java/org/example/domain/Customer.java
index 0d3da1f..33592e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/example/domain/Customer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/example/domain/Customer.java
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 
 import io.ebean.Model;
 
+import javax.persistence.Column;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;
 import javax.persistence.Id;
 import javax.persistence.Version;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
 
 @Entity
 public class Customer extends Model {
@@ -16,6 +18,9 @@ public class Customer extends Model {
 
   String notes;
 
+  @Column(name = "MyDate", nullable = false)
+  ZonedDateTime mydate;
+
   @Version
   Long version;
 
@@ -26,36 +31,25 @@ public Customer(String name) {
   public Customer() {
   }
 
-  public Long getId() {
+  public Long id() {
     return id;
   }
 
-  public void setId(Long id) {
+  public void id(Long id) {
     this.id = id;
   }
 
-  public String getName() {
-    return name;
-  }
-
-  public void setName(String name) {
-    this.name = name;
-  }
-
-  public String getNotes() {
-    return notes;
-  }
-
-  public void setNotes(String notes) {
+  public void notes(String notes) {
     this.notes = notes;
   }
 
-  public Long getVersion() {
-    return version;
+  public ZonedDateTime mydate() {
+    return mydate;
   }
 
-  public void setVersion(Long version) {
-    this.version = version;
+  public Customer mydate(ZonedDateTime mydate) {
+    this.mydate = mydate;
+    return this;
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/example/domain/CustomerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/example/domain/CustomerTest.java
index 29e66e4..ffc273f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/example/domain/CustomerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/example/domain/CustomerTest.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import io.ebean.Database;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 
@@ -22,11 +24,12 @@ public class CustomerTest {
   public void insert_via_database() {
 
     Customer rob = new Customer("Rob");
+    rob.mydate(ZonedDateTime.now());
 
     Database server = DB.getDefault();
     server.save(rob);
 
-    assertNotNull(rob.getId());
+    assertNotNull(rob.id());
   }
 
   /**
@@ -36,9 +39,10 @@ public void insert_via_database() {
   public void insert_via_model() {
 
     Customer jim = new Customer("Jim");
+    jim.mydate(ZonedDateTime.now());
     jim.save();
 
-    assertNotNull(jim.getId());
+    assertNotNull(jim.id());
   }
 
 
@@ -49,13 +53,14 @@ public void insert_via_model() {
   public void updateRob() {
 
     Customer newBob = new Customer("Bob");
+    newBob.mydate(ZonedDateTime.now());
     newBob.save();
 
     Customer bob = DB.find(Customer.class)
       .where().eq("name", "Bob")
       .findOne();
 
-    bob.setNotes("Doing an update");
+    bob.notes("Doing an update");
     bob.save();
   }
 
@@ -66,11 +71,12 @@ public void updateRob() {
   public void statelessUpdate() {
 
     Customer newMob = new Customer("Mob");
+    newMob.mydate(ZonedDateTime.now());
     newMob.save();
 
     Customer upd = new Customer();
-    upd.setId(newMob.getId());
-    upd.setNotes("Update without a fetch");
+    upd.id(newMob.id());
+    upd.notes("Update without a fetch");
 
     upd.update();
   }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml b/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
index 49adf3b..01d5737 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/resources/application-test.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ ebean:
   test:
 #    useDocker: false
 #    shutdown: stop # stop | remove
-    platform: h2 # h2, postgres, mysql, oracle, sqlserver, sqlite
+    platform: sqlserver # h2, postgres, mysql, oracle, sqlserver, sqlite
     ddlMode: dropCreate # none | dropCreate | create | migration | createOnly | migrationDropCreate
     dbName: myapp
+
+  databasePlatformName: sqlserver17
+  allQuotedIdentifiers: true