diff --git a/Orange/widgets/data/oweditdomain.py b/Orange/widgets/data/oweditdomain.py
index b81b6e26d4e..2bf4bebda07 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/data/oweditdomain.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/data/oweditdomain.py
@@ -3122,7 +3122,7 @@ def apply_reinterpret_c(var, tr, data: MArray):
         tr = LookupMappingTransform(
             var, {v: i for i, v in enumerate(values)}, dtype=np.float64, unknown=np.nan
         )
-        values = tuple(as_string(values))
+        values = tuple(column_str_repr(var, values))
         rvar = Orange.data.DiscreteVariable(
             name=var.name, values=values, compute_value=tr
         )
diff --git a/Orange/widgets/data/tests/test_oweditdomain.py b/Orange/widgets/data/tests/test_oweditdomain.py
index 404cd2cdc2e..5c0912e0584 100644
--- a/Orange/widgets/data/tests/test_oweditdomain.py
+++ b/Orange/widgets/data/tests/test_oweditdomain.py
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ def test_as_discrete(self):
         )
         self.assertEqual(tdomain["A"].values, ("a", "b", "c"))
         self.assertEqual(tdomain["B"].values, ("0", "1", "2"))
-        self.assertEqual(tdomain["C"].values, ("0.0", "0.2", "0.25", "1.25"))
+        self.assertEqual(tdomain["C"].values, ("0", "0.2", "0.25", "1.25"))
         self.assertEqual(
             tdomain["D"].values,
             ("00:00:00", "00:03:00",