diff --git a/lib/Event.lib.php b/lib/Event.lib.php
index c6f06b8..a7b4b59 100644
--- a/lib/Event.lib.php
+++ b/lib/Event.lib.php
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ class Event implements JsonSerializable {
                 "id" => $this->getID(),
                 "machineid" => $this->getMachineID(),
                 "name" => $this->getName(),
-                "date" => $this->getDate(),
+                "date" => strtotime($this->getDate()),
                 "techuid" => $this->getTechUID(),
                 "publicnotes" => $this->getPublicNotes(),
                 "privatenotes" => $this->getPrivateNotes()