diff --git a/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct/2024-09.json b/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct/2024-09.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25f5ca479
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct/2024-09.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "by_variable": {
+    "var_with_hyphenated_date": {
+      "by_entity": {
+        "country/USA": {
+          "ordered_facets": [
+            {
+              "facet_id": "2921750529",
+              "observations": [
+                {
+                  "date": "2024-09",
+                  "value": 3
+                }
+              ],
+              "obs_count": 1,
+              "earliest_date": "2024-09",
+              "latest_date": "2024-09"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "facets": {
+    "2921750529": {
+      "import_name": "Custom Prov",
+      "provenance_url": "custom.datacommons.org"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct_test.go b/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct_test.go
index eebdfa640..90e018a44 100644
--- a/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct_test.go
+++ b/internal/server/v2/observation/golden/direct_test.go
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ func TestFetchDirect(t *testing.T) {
 				nil,
 				"2010.json",
 			},
+			{
+				[]string{
+					"var_with_hyphenated_date",
+				},
+				[]string{"country/USA"},
+				"2024-09",
+				nil,
+				"2024-09.json",
+			},
 			{
 				[]string{
 					"Area_Farm",
diff --git a/test/datacommons.db b/test/datacommons.db
index 8c63afead..3be81e5cf 100644
Binary files a/test/datacommons.db and b/test/datacommons.db differ
diff --git a/test/observations.csv b/test/observations.csv
index f3e6ee78c..d13405996 100644
--- a/test/observations.csv
+++ b/test/observations.csv
@@ -80,3 +80,7 @@ country/USA,var_with_props,2023,1,custom,USD,,,,
 country/GBR,var_with_props,2023,2,custom,USD,,,,
 country/USA,var_with_props,2023,3,custom,GBP,,,,
 country/GBR,var_with_props,2023,4,custom,GBP,,,,
+country/USA,var_with_hyphenated_date,2024-07,1,custom,,,,,
+country/USA,var_with_hyphenated_date,2024-08,2,custom,,,,,
+country/USA,var_with_hyphenated_date,2024-09,3,custom,,,,,
+country/USA,var_with_hyphenated_date,2024-10,4,custom,,,,,