diff --git a/addons/base/static/src/js/data.js b/addons/base/static/src/js/data.js
index fb926a2a592..9e9f2b42323 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/src/js/data.js
+++ b/addons/base/static/src/js/data.js
@@ -359,12 +359,17 @@ openerp.base.DataSet =  openerp.base.Widget.extend( /** @lends openerp.base.Data
     name_get: function(ids, callback) {
         return this.call_and_eval('name_get', [ids, this.get_context()], null, 1, callback);
     },
-    /*
-     * args = domain
+    /**
+     * 
+     * @param {String} name name to perform a search for/on
+     * @param {Array} [domain=[]] filters for the objects returned, OpenERP domain
+     * @param {String} [operator='ilike'] matching operator to use with the provided name value
+     * @param {Number} [limit=100] maximum number of matches to return
+     * @param {Function} callback function to call with name_search result
      */
-    name_search: function (name, args, operator, limit, callback) {
+    name_search: function (name, domain, operator, limit, callback) {
         return this.call_and_eval('name_search',
-            [name || '', args || false, operator || 'ilike', this.get_context(), limit || 100],
+            [name || '', domain || false, operator || 'ilike', this.get_context(), limit || 100],
             1, 3, callback);
     },
     name_create: function(name, callback) {
diff --git a/addons/base/static/test/search-date.js b/addons/base/static/test/search-date.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e5ada00379e..00000000000
--- a/addons/base/static/test/search-date.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-$(document).ready(function () {
-    var openerp;
-    function get_widget(attrs) {
-        var widget = new openerp.base.search.DateField(
-                {attrs: attrs}, {name: 'foo'}, {inputs: []});
-        $('#qunit-fixture').html(widget.render({}));
-        widget.start();
-        return widget;
-    }
-
-    module('search-date', {
-        setup: function () {
-            openerp = window.openerp.init(true);
-            window.openerp.base.core(openerp);
-            window.openerp.base.chrome(openerp);
-            window.openerp.base.views(openerp);
-            window.openerp.base.search(openerp);
-        }
-    });
-    test('no values', function () {
-        var widget = get_widget();
-        deepEqual(widget.get_values(), {});
-        strictEqual(widget.get_context(), null);
-        strictEqual(widget.get_domain(), null);
-    });
-    test('filled from', function () {
-        var widget = get_widget();
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(0)').val('1912-06-23');
-
-        deepEqual(widget.get_values(), {from: '1912-06-23'});
-        strictEqual(widget.get_context(), null);
-        deepEqual(widget.get_domain(), [['foo', '>=', '1912-06-23']]);
-    });
-    test('filled to', function () {
-        var widget = get_widget();
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(1)').val('1954-06-07');
-
-        deepEqual(widget.get_values(), {to: '1954-06-07'});
-        strictEqual(widget.get_context(), null);
-        deepEqual(widget.get_domain(), [['foo', '<=', '1954-06-07']]);
-    });
-    test('filled both', function () {
-        var widget = get_widget();
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(0)').val('1912-06-23');
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(1)').val('1954-06-07');
-
-        deepEqual(widget.get_values(), {from: '1912-06-23', to: '1954-06-07'});
-        strictEqual(widget.get_context(), null);
-        deepEqual(widget.get_domain(),
-                [['foo', '>=', '1912-06-23'], ['foo', '<=', '1954-06-07']]);
-    });
-    test('custom context', function () {
-        var widget = get_widget({context: {__id: -1}});
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(0)').val('1912-06-23');
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(1)').val('1954-06-07');
-
-        deepEqual(
-            widget.get_context(),
-            {__id: -1,
-            own_values: {
-                self: {from: '1912-06-23', to: '1954-06-07'}}});
-    });
-    test('custom filter_domain', function () {
-        var widget = get_widget({filter_domain: {__id: -42}});
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(0)').val('1912-06-23');
-        widget.$element.find('input:eq(1)').val('1954-06-07');
-
-        deepEqual(
-            widget.get_domain(),
-            {__id: -42,
-            own_values: {
-                self: {from: '1912-06-23', to: '1954-06-07'}}});
-    });
-});
diff --git a/addons/base/static/test/test.html b/addons/base/static/test/test.html
index 97a73865041..14df778cd02 100644
--- a/addons/base/static/test/test.html
+++ b/addons/base/static/test/test.html
@@ -39,6 +39,5 @@
     </body>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/base/static/test/class.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/base/static/test/registry.js"></script>
-    <script type="text/javascript" src="/base/static/test/search-date.js"></script>
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/base/static/test/form.js"></script>
 </html>