diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/controllers/dateFieldController.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/controllers/dateFieldController.js
index af325be93..34acabe62 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/controllers/dateFieldController.js
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/controllers/dateFieldController.js
@@ -38,6 +38,13 @@ angular.module('form').controller('dateFieldController', ['$scope', '$injector',
      */
     $scope.modelOptions = {
 
+        /**
+         * Space-delimited list of events on which the model will be updated.
+         *
+         * @type String
+         */
+        updateOn : 'blur',
+
         /**
          * The time zone to use when reading/writing the Date object of the
          * model.
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/directives/guacLenientDate.js b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/directives/guacLenientDate.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe21c8efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/directives/guacLenientDate.js
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Glyptodon LLC
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * A directive which modifies the parsing and formatting of ngModel when used
+ * on an HTML5 date input field, relaxing the otherwise strict parsing and
+ * validation behavior. The behavior of this directive for other input elements
+ * is undefined.
+ */
+angular.module('form').directive('guacLenientDate', ['$injector',
+    function guacLenientDate($injector) {
+
+    // Required services
+    var $filter = $injector.get('$filter');
+
+    /**
+     * Directive configuration object.
+     *
+     * @type Object.<String, Object>
+     */
+    var config = {
+        restrict : 'A',
+        require  : 'ngModel'
+    };
+
+    // Linking function
+    config.link = function linkGuacLenientDate($scope, $element, $attrs, ngModel) {
+
+        // Parse date strings leniently
+        ngModel.$parsers = [function parse(viewValue) {
+
+            // If blank, return null
+            if (!viewValue)
+                return null;
+
+            // Match basic date pattern
+            var match = /([0-9]*)(?:-([0-9]*)(?:-([0-9]*))?)?/.exec(viewValue);
+            if (!match)
+                return null;
+
+            // Determine year, month, and day based on pattern
+            var year  = parseInt(match[1] || '0') || new Date().getFullYear();
+            var month = parseInt(match[2] || '0') || 1;
+            var day   = parseInt(match[3] || '0') || 1;
+
+            // Convert to Date object
+            return new Date(Date.UTC(year, month - 1, day));
+
+        }];
+
+        // Format date strings as "yyyy-MM-dd"
+        ngModel.$formatters = [function format(modelValue) {
+            return modelValue ? $filter('date')(modelValue, 'yyyy-MM-dd', 'UTC') : '';
+        }];
+
+    };
+
+    return config;
+
+}]);
diff --git a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/templates/dateField.html b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/templates/dateField.html
index 239f3f52a..a186e19a5 100644
--- a/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/templates/dateField.html
+++ b/guacamole/src/main/webapp/app/form/templates/dateField.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     <input type="date"
            ng-model="typedValue"
            ng-model-options="modelOptions"
+           guac-lenient-date
            placeholder="{{'FORM.FIELD_PLACEHOLDER_DATE' | translate}}"
            autocorrect="off"
            autocapitalize="off"/>