To avoid warning as tbl_df is depricated, use as_tibble:
# R version 4.0.2 (2020-06-22), wakefield_0.3.6
r_data_frame(n = 5, dob)
# # A tibble: 5 x 1
# DOB
# <date>
# 1 2008-05-15
# 2 2007-03-23
# 3 2008-04-27
# 4 2008-01-21
# 5 2007-09-19
# Warning message:
# `tbl_df()` was deprecated in dplyr 1.0.0.
# Please use `tibble::as_tibble()` instead.