diff --git a/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php b/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php
index 1040ef88..723ff577 100644
--- a/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php
+++ b/admin/admin_submit_ticket.php
@@ -95,10 +95,8 @@ foreach ($hesk_settings['custom_fields'] as $k=>$v)
         // Date will be handled by the jQuery datepicker
         if( $v['type'] == 'date' && $_POST[$k] != '')
         {
-            $tmpvar[$k] = hesk_dateToString($_POST[$k]);
-        }
-
-       	if (is_array($_POST[$k]))
+            $tmpvar[$k] = hesk_date($_POST[$k]);
+        } else if (is_array($_POST[$k]))
         {
 			$tmpvar[$k]='';
 			foreach ($_POST[$k] as $myCB)