diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
index fe413e0159..fe7f1bcf9b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/views/propertyeditors/datepicker/datepicker.controller.js
@@ -96,11 +96,11 @@ function dateTimePickerController($scope, notificationsService, assetsService, a
 			        });
 
 			    if ($scope.hasDatetimePickerValue) {
-
 			        //assign value to plugin/picker
-			        var dateVal = $scope.model.value ? moment($scope.model.value, $scope.model.config.format) : moment();
+			        var dateVal = $scope.model.value ? moment($scope.model.value, "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss") : moment();
+
 			        element.datetimepicker("setValue", dateVal);
-			        $scope.datetimePickerValue = moment($scope.model.value).format($scope.model.config.format);
+			        $scope.datetimePickerValue = dateVal.format($scope.model.config.format);
 			    }
 
 			    element.find("input").bind("blur", function() {