diff --git a/admin/dashboard.php b/admin/dashboard.php
index 6da0abb..b6dec52 100644
--- a/admin/dashboard.php
+++ b/admin/dashboard.php
@@ -69,13 +69,16 @@ Template::render_header(_("Dashboard"), true);
               <i class="glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign"></i>
             </div>
             <div class="panel-heading clearfix">
-              <input type="text" name="title" id="title" placeholder="<?php echo _("Title");?>" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['title'])?htmlspecialchars($_POST['title']):''); ?>" required> <span id="time"><input id="time_input" type="text" pattern="(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d\.\d+([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))|(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))|(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))" name="time" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['time'])?htmlspecialchars($_POST['time']):''); ?>" class="pull-right" title="Use ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2017-11-23T19:50:51+00:00)" placeholder="<?php echo _("Time");?>"></span>
+              <input type="text" name="title" id="title" placeholder="<?php echo _("Title");?>" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['title'])?htmlspecialchars($_POST['title']):''); ?>" required> <span id="time"><input id="time_input" type="text" pattern="(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d\.\d+([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))|(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))|(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))" name="time" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['time'])?htmlspecialchars($_POST['time']):''); ?>" class="pull-right" title="Use ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2017-11-23T19:50:51+00:00)" placeholder="<?php echo _("Time");?>">
+                <input id="time_input_js" name="time_js" type="hidden" class="pull-right">
+              </span>
             </div>
             <div class="panel-body">
               <textarea name="text" placeholder="<?php echo _("Here goes your text...");?>" required><?php echo (isset($_POST['text'])?htmlspecialchars($_POST['text']):''); ?></textarea>
             </div>
             <div class="panel-footer clearfix">
               <small><?php echo _("Posted by");?>: <?php echo $user->get_username();?> <span class="pull-right" id="end_time_wrapper"><?php echo _("Ending");?>:&nbsp;<input id="end_time" title="Use ISO 8601 format (e.g. 2017-11-23T19:50:51+00:00)" type="text" pattern="(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d\.\d+([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))|(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d:[0-5]\d([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))|(\d{4}-[01]\d-[0-3]\dT[0-2]\d:[0-5]\d([+-][0-2]\d:[0-5]\d|Z))" name="end_time" class="pull-right" placeholder="<?php echo _("End time");?>" value="<?php echo (isset($_POST['end_time'])?htmlspecialchars($_POST['end_time']):''); ?>"></span></small>
+              <input id="end_time_js" name="end_time_js" type="hidden" class="pull-right">
             </div>
           </div>
           <select class="form-control pull-left" id="type" name="type">
diff --git a/classes/incident.php b/classes/incident.php
index c145db0..3144ebe 100644
--- a/classes/incident.php
+++ b/classes/incident.php
@@ -118,8 +118,10 @@ class Incident implements JsonSerializable
       }
 
       if (!empty($_POST['time'])){
-        $time = strtotime($_POST['time']);  
-        $end_time = strtotime($_POST['end_time']);
+        $input_time = (isset($_POST['time_js'])?$_POST['time_js']: $_POST['time']);
+        $input_end_time = (isset($_POST['end_time_js'])?$_POST['end_time_js']: $_POST['end_time']);
+        $time = strtotime($input_time);  
+        $end_time = strtotime($input_end_time);
         if (!$time)
         {
           $message = _("Start date format is not recognized. Please use ISO 8601 format.");
diff --git a/js/admin.js b/js/admin.js
index 46eef42..658f789 100644
--- a/js/admin.js
+++ b/js/admin.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 (function(){
-	$("#time_input").flatpickr({enableTime:true, minDate: "today",time_24hr:true, formatDate: function(date, format) {
-    	return date.toISOString();
+	$("#time_input").flatpickr({enableTime:true, minDate: "today",time_24hr:true, onChange: function(date, dateStr, instance) {
+    	$("#time_input_js").val(date[0].toISOString());
 	}});
-	$("#end_time").flatpickr({enableTime:true, minDate: "today",time_24hr:true, formatDate: function(date, format) {
-	    return date.toISOString(); // iso date str
+	$("#end_time").flatpickr({enableTime:true, minDate: "today",time_24hr:true, onChange: function(date, dateStr, instance) {
+	    $("#end_time_js").val(date[0].toISOString()); // iso date str
 	}});