# Date missing, but appears when editing **URL:** \ **Category:** Bug Reports\ **Created:** [February 10, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/date-missing-but-appears-when-editing/20190 "2021-02-10T01:55:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diegoalmendras](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/diegoalmendras/32/1473_2.png) [@diegoalmendras](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/diegoalmendras)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/date-missing-but-appears-when-editing/20190/1 "2021-02-10T01:55:04Z")
**Platform** (Android, iOS, Website): website **Browser** :Chrome Versión 88.0.4324.150 (Build oficial) (64 bits) **URLs (aka web addresses) of any relevant observations or pages**: [https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28437494](https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28437494) **Screenshots of what you are seeing** : ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/8/8d812b6dc8614f28fb75cf0c9ef40dfd76ebe9b6.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/inaturalist/original/2X/8/8d9b22f6213dc8c7d7583c073684599c8db81422.jpeg) **Description of problem** : I was scrolling at the orca observation in Chile, when I revised one of mine to realize I was missing the date, but when editing the observation, the date already appeared, but when I saved the observation, date is missing again, is this a bug? ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:21am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/date-missing-but-appears-when-editing/20190/2 "2021-02-10T04:21:10Z")
The date is formatted improperly, you’re using slashes for the date instead of hyphens and there is an `AM` for what is clearly a PM time. Try `2015-03-23 13:13` or `2015-03-23 13:13 PM` ---
**Author:** ![tiwane](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.inaturalist.org/tiwane/32/54612_2.png) [@tiwane](https://forum.inaturalist.org/u/tiwane)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.inaturalist.org/t/date-missing-but-appears-when-editing/20190/3 "2021-02-10T04:53:49Z")