diff --git a/lib/stream/xlsx/worksheet-reader.js b/lib/stream/xlsx/worksheet-reader.js
index abb4c76f2..8ad59d3d3 100644
--- a/lib/stream/xlsx/worksheet-reader.js
+++ b/lib/stream/xlsx/worksheet-reader.js
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ class WorksheetReader extends EventEmitter {
 
                       default:
                         if (utils.isDateFmt(cell.numFmt)) {
-                          cell.value = utils.excelToDate(parseFloat(c.v.text), properties.model.date1904);
+                          cell.value = utils.excelToDate(parseFloat(c.v.text), properties.model && properties.model.date1904);
                         } else {
                           cell.value = parseFloat(c.v.text);
                         }
diff --git a/spec/integration/data/dateIssue.xlsx b/spec/integration/data/dateIssue.xlsx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..342122e2c
Binary files /dev/null and b/spec/integration/data/dateIssue.xlsx differ
diff --git a/spec/integration/issues/issue-1328-xlsx-worksheet-reader-date.spec.js b/spec/integration/issues/issue-1328-xlsx-worksheet-reader-date.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2337fc790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/integration/issues/issue-1328-xlsx-worksheet-reader-date.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const ExcelJS = verquire('exceljs');
+const fs = require('fs');
+
+
+describe('github issues: Date field with cache style', () => {
+  const rows = [];
+  beforeEach(() =>
+    new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const workbookReader = new ExcelJS.stream.xlsx.WorkbookReader(fs.createReadStream('./spec/integration/data/dateIssue.xlsx'), { worksheets: 'emit', styles: 'cache', sharedStrings: 'cache', hyperlinks: 'ignore', entries: 'ignore' });
+      workbookReader.read();
+      workbookReader.on('worksheet', worksheet => worksheet.on('row', row => rows.push(row.values[1])));
+      workbookReader.on('end', resolve);
+      workbookReader.on('error', reject);
+
+    })
+  );
+  it('issue 1328 - should emit row with Date Object', () => {
+    expect(rows).that.deep.equals(['Date', new Date('2020-11-20T00:00:00.000Z')]);
+  });
+});