diff --git a/app/views/posts/attributes/_date.haml b/app/views/posts/attributes/_date.haml
index ac1c7b02..392b6b93 100644
--- a/app/views/posts/attributes/_date.haml
+++ b/app/views/posts/attributes/_date.haml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .form-group
   = label_tag "post_#{attribute}", post_label_t(attribute, post: post)
-  = date_field 'post', attribute, value: metadata.value.strftime('%F'),
+  = date_field 'post', attribute, value: metadata.value.to_date.strftime('%F'),
     **field_options(attribute, metadata)
   = render 'posts/attribute_feedback',
     post: post, attribute: attribute, metadata: metadata