133731 2014-06-11 02:37:54 -0700 Forced date format for input of type=date 2018-12-11 17:22:00 -0800 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit Forms 528+ (Nightly build) All All NEW P2 Normal --- 1 dtrunk90 webkit-unassigned me m.kurz+webkitbugs oldest_to_newest 1014702 0 dtrunk90 2014-06-11 02:37:54 -0700 The date value interpreted from input[type=date] in the HTTP Request such as GET / POST will be formatted as yyyy-mm-dd. Why? It's a task of the server-side how a textfield should be interpreted. No other browser manipulates any input data before sending to the server. Example: Germany - Common date format is dd.mm.yyyy When setting up a hibernate validator model (Java) which represents the form and adding @DateTimeFormat(pattern="dd.MM.yyyy") to the field I'm facing an error as Chrome manipulates the value. So I have the choice now: Manipulate the value on all other browsers as well and set the pattern to yyyy-MM-dd or make a workaround for Chrome to stop manipulating that value. As the value shouldn't be manipulated I'd prefer the second one. What's the idea behind that manipulation? 1487078 1 me 2018-12-11 17:22:00 -0800 This is not a bug, by spec the value for input[type='date'] must conform to the ISO 8601 standard for computer-readable date and time formats, see https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/forms.html#input-author-notes. The standard format allows things such as the min and max attributes and autocompletion to work. If you want to submit arbitrary text you should use input[type='text']. This issue can be closed.