diff --git a/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php b/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php
index 60cc2ff8..1040ef88 100644
--- a/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php
+++ b/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php
@@ -92,13 +92,9 @@ foreach ($hesk_settings['custom_fields'] as $k=>$v)
 {
 	if ($v['use'] && isset($_POST[$k]))
     {
-        // Dates must be in YYYY-MM-DD format. Thanks to
-        // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19773418/regex-to-validate-date-in-php-using-format-as-yyyy-mm-dd for the regex!
+        // Date will be handled by the jQuery datepicker
         if( $v['type'] == 'date' && $_POST[$k] != '')
         {
-            if (!preg_match('^(19|20)\d\d[\-\/.](0[1-9]|1[012])[\-\/.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$', $_POST[$k]) || strtotime($_POST[$k]) < 0)
-            $hesk_error_buffer[$k]=$hesklang['invalid_date_format'];
-        } else {
             $tmpvar[$k] = hesk_dateToString($_POST[$k]);
         }
 
diff --git a/admin/new_ticket.php b/admin/new_ticket.php
index 096001f0..3b6440be 100644
--- a/admin/new_ticket.php
+++ b/admin/new_ticket.php
@@ -345,11 +345,15 @@ require_once(HESK_PATH . 'inc/show_admin_nav.inc.php');
                                     $v['value'] = $k_value;
                                 }
 
-                                $cls = in_array($k,$_SESSION['iserror']) ? ' class="isError" ' : '';
-
-                                echo '<div class="form-group">
-                                <label for="'.$v['name'].'" class="col-sm-3 control-label">'.$v['name'].': '.$v['req'].'</label>
-					            <div class="col-sm-9"><input type="date" class="form-control" placeholder="'.$v['name'].'" id="'.$v['name'].'" name="'.$k.'" size="40" maxlength="'.$v['maxlen'].'" value="'.$v['value'].'" '.$cls.' /></div>
+                                $cls = in_array($k,$_SESSION['iserror']) ? ' isError ' : '';
+
+                                echo '
+                                <div class="form-group">
+                                    <label for="'.$v['name'].'" class="col-sm-3 control-label">'.$v['name'].': '.$v['req'].'</label>
+                                    <div class="col-sm-9">
+                                        <input type="text" class="datepicker form-control white-readonly '.$cls.'" placeholder="'.$v['name'].'" id="'.$v['name'].'" name="'.$k.'" size="40"
+                                            maxlength="'.$v['maxlen'].'" value="'.$v['value'].'" readonly/>
+                                    </div>
                                 </div>';
                                 break;
 
diff --git a/css/hesk_newStyle.php b/css/hesk_newStyle.php
index f77a5f98..6f65ba1b 100644
--- a/css/hesk_newStyle.php
+++ b/css/hesk_newStyle.php
@@ -364,3 +364,8 @@ div.setupButtons {
         float: right;
     }
 }
+
+.white-readonly {
+    cursor: text !important;
+    background-color: #fff !important;
+}
diff --git a/js/modsForHesk-javascript.js b/js/modsForHesk-javascript.js
index f8100465..09dd72e5 100644
--- a/js/modsForHesk-javascript.js
+++ b/js/modsForHesk-javascript.js
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ var loadJquery = function()
     //-- Active popovers
     $('[data-toggle="popover"]').popover({
         trigger: 'hover'
-    })
+    });
+
+    //-- Activate jQuery's date picker
+    $(function() {
+        $('.datepicker').datepicker();
+    });
 };
 
 function toggleRow(id) {