diff --git a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/servlet/ObservationController.java b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/servlet/ObservationController.java
index f1245ab0fbc2d6e6b1a0c1550e4b1516af7ee3d9..e9356c024589c94bb81d3eff8960729a425bbb1c 100755
--- a/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/servlet/ObservationController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/no/nibio/vips/logic/controller/servlet/ObservationController.java
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ public class ObservationController extends HttpServlet {
                                     formValidation.getFormField("cropOrganismId").getValueAsInteger()));
                             }
                             observation.setTimeOfObservation(
-                                formValidation.getFormField("timeOfObservation").getValueAsTimestamp());
+                                formValidation.getFormField("timeOfObservation").getValueAsDate());
                             if (observationId <= 0) {
                                 observation.setUserId(user.getUserId());
                             } else {
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/formdefinitions/observationForm.json b/src/main/webapp/formdefinitions/observationForm.json
index 1c1ca45d8ee6b3b9fe3ef75bdba6dd08f7501752..82fa5aab502ab2eecb64c19152d57259c4d49487 100755
--- a/src/main/webapp/formdefinitions/observationForm.json
+++ b/src/main/webapp/formdefinitions/observationForm.json
@@ -40,9 +40,7 @@
         },
         {
             "name" : "timeOfObservation",
-            "dataType" : "TIMESTAMP",
-            "timestampFormat" : "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mmZ",
-            "timestampFormatMomentJS" : "YYYY-MM-DD HH:mmZ",
+            "dataType" : "DATE",
             "required" : true
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/templates/observationForm.ftl b/src/main/webapp/templates/observationForm.ftl
index f02c628414084959b4b3c933a3fedab97e55e70c..d4cd9e01b7de265fff78eb981a2d5bd1f49f0bba 100755
--- a/src/main/webapp/templates/observationForm.ftl
+++ b/src/main/webapp/templates/observationForm.ftl
@@ -47,17 +47,6 @@
 
         $(document).ready(function () {
 
-            // Make sure that there is a datetime picker present for HTML5
-            // date input fields
-
-            $('#timeOfObservation').datetimepicker({
-                lang: "no",
-                dayOfWeekStart: 1,
-                format: "Y-m-d H:iO",
-                step: 30
-            });
-
-
             // Load main form definition (for validation)
             loadFormDefinition("observationForm");
 
@@ -692,10 +681,7 @@
                     <#setting time_zone=user.organizationId.defaultTimeZone!"UTC">
                     <div class="form-group">
                         <label for="timeOfObservation">${i18nBundle.timeOfObservation}</label>
-                        <input type="text" class="form-control" id="timeOfObservation" name="timeOfObservation"
-                               placeholder="${i18nBundle.timeOfObservation}"
-                               value="${(observation.timeOfObservation?string("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mmZ"))!.now?string("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mmZ")}"
-                               onblur="validateField(this);" <#if editAccess!="W">readonly="readonly"</#if>/>
+                        <input type="date" class="form-control" id="timeOfObservation" name="timeOfObservation" placeholder="${i18nBundle.timeOfObservation}" value="${observation.timeOfObservation?string("yyyy-MM-dd")!""}" onblur="validateField(this);" <#if editAccess!="W">readonly="readonly"</#if>/>
                         <span class="help-block" id="${formId}_timeOfObservation_validation"></span>
                     </div>
                     <div class="form-group">