diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240501-151904.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240501-151904.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed08f1251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Features-20240501-151904.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: Features
+body: Cross-database `date` macro
+time: 2024-05-01T15:19:04.822157-06:00
+custom:
+  Author: dbeatty10
+  Issue: 1031
diff --git a/dbt/include/spark/macros/utils/date.sql b/dbt/include/spark/macros/utils/date.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a76e995b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dbt/include/spark/macros/utils/date.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{% macro spark__date(year, month, day) -%}
+    {%- set dt = modules.datetime.date(year, month, day) -%}
+    {%- set iso_8601_formatted_date = dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') -%}
+    to_date('{{ iso_8601_formatted_date }}', 'yyyy-MM-dd')
+{%- endmacro %}
diff --git a/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py b/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
index 0dc526564..e8ebb087f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/functional/adapter/utils/test_utils.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_cast_bool_to_text import BaseCastBoolToText
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_concat import BaseConcat
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_current_timestamp import BaseCurrentTimestampNaive
+from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_date import BaseDate
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_dateadd import BaseDateAdd
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_datediff import BaseDateDiff
 from dbt.tests.adapter.utils.test_date_trunc import BaseDateTrunc
@@ -80,6 +81,10 @@ class TestCurrentTimestamp(BaseCurrentTimestampNaive):
     pass
 
 
+class TestDate(BaseDate):
+    pass
+
+
 class TestDateAdd(BaseDateAdd):
     pass