diff --git a/lib/ical/recur_expansion.js b/lib/ical/recur_expansion.js
index f5017f30..98b420b5 100644
--- a/lib/ical/recur_expansion.js
+++ b/lib/ical/recur_expansion.js
@@ -198,6 +198,21 @@ class RecurExpansion {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Compare two ICAL.Time objects.  When the second parameter is a timeless date
+   * and the first parameter is date-with-time, strip the time and compare only
+   * the days.
+   *
+   * @private
+   * @param {ICAL.Time} a   The one object to compare
+   * @param {ICAL.Time} b   The other object to compare
+   */
+  _compare_special(a, b) {
+    if (!a.isDate && b.isDate)
+      return new Time({ year: a.year, month: a.month, day: a.day }).compare(b);
+    else return a.compare(b);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Retrieve the next occurrence in the series.
    * @return {ICAL.Time}
@@ -248,9 +263,10 @@ class RecurExpansion {
 
       // check the negative rules
       if (this.exDate) {
-        compare = this.exDate.compare(this.last);
+        //EXDATE can be in DATE format, but DTSTART is in DATE-TIME format
+        compare = this._compare_special(this.last, this.exDate);
 
-        if (compare < 0) {
+        if (compare > 0) {
           this._nextExDay();
         }
 
@@ -397,10 +413,12 @@ class RecurExpansion {
     if (component.hasProperty('exdate')) {
       this.exDates = this._extractDates(component, 'exdate');
       // if we have a .last day we increment the index to beyond it.
+      // When DTSTART is in DATE-TIME format, EXDATE is in DATE format and EXDATE is
+      // the date of DTSTART, _compare_special finds this out and compareTime fails.
       this.exDateInc = binsearchInsert(
         this.exDates,
         this.last,
-        (a, b) => a.compare(b)
+        this._compare_special
       );
 
       this.exDate = this.exDates[this.exDateInc];