I faced the same problem and used:

my $date_constraint = Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::find_type_constrai
+nt('MyApp::DateOnly');

around BUILDARGS => sub {
    my $orig  = shift;
    my $class = shift;
    my %args  = ( @_ == 1 ? %{ $_[0] } : @_ );

    # Maybe[] doesn't coerce
    $args{$foo} = $date_constraint->coerce($args{foo})
        if defined($args{$foo});

    return $class->$orig(%args);
};

has foo => (
    reader  => 'get_foo',
    writer  => '_set_foo',
    isa     => 'Maybe[MyApp::DateOnly]',
    coerce  => 1,
    handles => {

        set_foo => sub {
            my ($self, $arg) = @_;
            # Maybe[] doesn't coerce
            $arg = $date_constraint->coerce($arg)
                if defined($arg);
            $self->_set_foo($arg);
        },

    },
);
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I use MooseX::FollowPBP which creates get_foo and set_foo accessors for is => 'rw'. If you use the default accessor style, adjust appropriately.

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As an aside, it seems to me that

type 'MyApp::DateOnly'
    => where {     blessed($_)
               &&  $_->isa('DateTime')
               &&  $_->hour == 0  &&  $_->min == 0  && $_->sec == 0
           };
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would be more clear when written as

subtype 'MyApp::DateOnly'
    => as 'DateTime'
    => where { $_->hour == 0  &&  $_->min == 0  && $_->sec == 0 };
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