diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 97dd01c18445..8191bc39e393 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 .pydevproject
 *.swp
 .idea
+.vscode/
 
 # Compiled source #
 ###################
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
index bd27bef3759a..3dff61acfde8 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
@@ -840,12 +840,12 @@ def tick_values(self, vmin, vmax):
         # We need to cap at the endpoints of valid datetime
         try:
             start = vmin - delta
-        except ValueError:
+        except (ValueError, OverflowError):
             start = _from_ordinalf(1.0)
 
         try:
             stop = vmax + delta
-        except ValueError:
+        except (ValueError, OverflowError):
             # The magic number!
             stop = _from_ordinalf(3652059.9999999)
 
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_dates.py
index 5a25e6182b7e..9f69d2ea7639 100644
--- a/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_dates.py
+++ b/lib/matplotlib/tests/test_dates.py
@@ -128,6 +128,14 @@ def test_RRuleLocator():
     fig.autofmt_xdate()
 
 
+def test_RRuleLocator_dayrange():
+    loc = mdates.DayLocator()
+    x1 = datetime.datetime(year=1, month=1, day=1, tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
+    y1 = datetime.datetime(year=1, month=1, day=16, tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
+    loc.tick_values(x1, y1)
+    # On success, no overflow error shall be thrown
+
+
 @image_comparison(baseline_images=['DateFormatter_fractionalSeconds'],
                   extensions=['png'])
 def test_DateFormatter():