dateString TODO:
diff --git a/inc/qcbor/qcbor_decode.h b/inc/qcbor/qcbor_decode.h
index bf4a042..351220a 100644
--- a/inc/qcbor/qcbor_decode.h
+++ b/inc/qcbor/qcbor_decode.h
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@
 /** Type for [RFC 3339] (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) date
  *  string, possibly with time zone. Data is in @c val.string . Note this
  *  was previously in @c val.dateString, however this is the same as
- *  val.string being the same type in same union. */
+ *  val.string being the same type in same union. val.dateString will
+ *  be deprecated.. */
 #define QCBOR_TYPE_DATE_STRING   11
 /** Type for integer seconds since Jan 1970 + floating-point
  *  fraction. Data is in @c val.epochDate */
@@ -440,7 +441,7 @@
       int64_t     epochDays;
 
       /** No longer used. Was the value for @ref QCBOR_TYPE_DATE_STRING,
-       * but now that value is in @c string.  TODO: finish writing this.*/
+       * but now that value is in @c string. This will be removed in QCBOR 2.0. */
       UsefulBufC  dateString;
 
       /** The value for @c uDataType @ref QCBOR_TYPE_POSBIGNUM and
diff --git a/test/qcbor_decode_tests.c b/test/qcbor_decode_tests.c
index 05d2466..bc91b72 100644
--- a/test/qcbor_decode_tests.c
+++ b/test/qcbor_decode_tests.c
@@ -2449,7 +2449,7 @@
       return -1;
    }
    if(Item.uDataType != QCBOR_TYPE_DATE_STRING ||
-      UsefulBufCompareToSZ(Item.val.dateString, "1985-04-12")){
+      UsefulBufCompareToSZ(Item.val.string, "1985-04-12")){
       return -2;
    }