diff --git a/plugins/dates/scratch.js b/plugins/dates/scratch.js
index eeaff95c8..713ea79f0 100644
--- a/plugins/dates/scratch.js
+++ b/plugins/dates/scratch.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ const context = {
 }
 
 // let doc = nlp('end of april')
-let doc = nlp('middle of tuesday') //.debug()
+let doc = nlp('middle of next quarter') //.debug()
 
 let dates = doc.dates(context)
 dates = dates.get()
diff --git a/plugins/dates/src/parseDate/units/_day.js b/plugins/dates/src/parseDate/units/_day.js
index c9488fca5..1433e89f8 100644
--- a/plugins/dates/src/parseDate/units/_day.js
+++ b/plugins/dates/src/parseDate/units/_day.js
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ class Day extends Unit {
       this.d = this.d.startOf('day')
     }
   }
+  middle() {
+    this.d = this.d.time('10am')
+    return this
+  }
+  beforeEnd() {
+    this.d = this.d.time('2pm')
+    return this
+  }
 }
 
 // like 'feb 2'
@@ -33,7 +41,7 @@ class CalendarDate extends Day {
 class WeekDay extends Day {
   constructor(input, unit, context) {
     super(input, unit, context)
-    this.unit = 'week'
+    this.unit = 'day'
     // is the input just a weekday?
     if (typeof input === 'string') {
       this.d = spacetime(context.today, context.timezone)
@@ -53,13 +61,6 @@ class WeekDay extends Day {
   clone() {
     return new WeekDay(this.d, this.unit, this.context)
   }
-  end() {
-    this.d = this.d.endOf('day')
-    if (this.context.dayEnd) {
-      this.d = this.d.time(this.context.dayEnd)
-    }
-    return this
-  }
   next() {
     this.d = this.d.add(7, 'days')
     this.d = this.d.day(this.weekDay)