diff --git a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
index d9fc28893..38a3fc2bb 100644
--- a/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog/7.x.x.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  - fixed #11420: Snippet not save mimetype
  - fixed #11422: Disabled scheduled task run by spectre
  - fixed #11431: Prototypes cache attribute lost
+ - fixed #11428: Dataform Date Field Problem
 
 7.8.12
  - fixed #11285: Pasting HTML into Code Editor in IE
diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Form/DataTable.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Form/DataTable.pm
index 9d53d54f8..1b4a44549 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Form/DataTable.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Form/DataTable.pm
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ sub getDataTableHtml {
 
     ### Prepare the columns data
     my %parsers = (
-        date   => "YAHOO.util.DataSource.parseDate",
+        date   => "YAHOO.lang.JSON.stringToDate",
         number => "YAHOO.util.DataSource.parseNumber",
     );
 
diff --git a/www/extras/yui-webgui/build/form/datatable.js b/www/extras/yui-webgui/build/form/datatable.js
index 39d6882ea..3f9d1d2b2 100644
--- a/www/extras/yui-webgui/build/form/datatable.js
+++ b/www/extras/yui-webgui/build/form/datatable.js
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ WebGUI.Form.DataTable
             delete data.columns[ i ].editorOptions;
         }
 
-        YAHOO.lang.JSON.dateToString = function(d) { return d.toString(); }; /* this overrides the default stringify date format */
         return YAHOO.lang.JSON.stringify( data );
     };