diff --git a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
index 455e72d6e09..e3b4f70f561 100644
--- a/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ b/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use uucore::error::{UError, UResult, USimpleError, strip_errno};
 #[cfg(feature = "i18n-datetime")]
 use uucore::i18n::datetime::{localize_format_string, should_use_icu_locale};
 use uucore::translate;
+use uucore::translate_text;
 use uucore::{format_usage, show};
 #[cfg(windows)]
 use windows_sys::Win32::{Foundation::SYSTEMTIME, System::SystemInformation::SetSystemTime};
@@ -91,9 +92,9 @@ enum DateError {
     Write(std::io::Error),
     #[error("{}", translate!("date-error-extra-operand", "operand" => .operand))]
     ExtraOperand { operand: String },
-    #[error("{}", translate!("date-error-invalid-date", "date" => .date))]
+    #[error("{}", translate_text!("date-error-invalid-date", "date" => .date))]
     InvalidDate { date: String },
-    #[error("{}", translate!("date-error-format-missing-plus", "arg" => .arg))]
+    #[error("{}", translate_text!("date-error-format-missing-plus", "arg" => .arg))]
     FormatMissingPlus { arg: String },
     #[error("{}", translate!("date-error-expected-file-got-directory", "path" => .path))]
     ExpectedFileGotDirectory { path: String },
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
index 7f9e2c4eceb..3e9e9b7da59 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_date.rs
@@ -530,6 +530,24 @@ fn test_date_set_invalid() {
     assert!(result.stderr_str().starts_with("date: invalid date "));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_date_error_echoes_input_verbatim() {
+    // Error messages echo what the user typed: numeric-looking input must
+    // not be reformatted as a Fluent number (#14669, #14670).
+    for input in ["1e9", "+1e-2", "+9.e-0", "9.", "-0"] {
+        new_ucmd!()
+            .arg("-d")
+            .arg(input)
+            .fails()
+            .stderr_is(format!("date: invalid date '{input}'\n"));
+    }
+    // Same for the missing '+' message, which echoes the argument too.
+    new_ucmd!()
+        .args(&["--date", "1996-01-31", "1e9"])
+        .fails_with_code(1)
+        .stderr_contains("the argument 1e9 lacks a leading '+'");
+}
+
 #[test]
 #[cfg(all(unix, not(any(target_vendor = "apple", target_os = "android"))))]
 fn test_date_set_permissions_error() {