diff --git a/addons/survey/static/src/js/survey.js b/addons/survey/static/src/js/survey.js
index eb8f451aa39..145005790ec 100644
--- a/addons/survey/static/src/js/survey.js
+++ b/addons/survey/static/src/js/survey.js
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ if(!the_form.length) {
             var date_fields = $form.find('div.date > input.form-control');
             for (var i=0; i < date_fields.length; i++) {
                 var el = date_fields[i];
-                var moment_date = $(el).data('DateTimePicker').date();
+                var moment_date = moment(el.value);
                 if (moment_date) {
                     moment_date.toJSON = function () {
                         return this.clone().locale('en').format('YYYY-MM-DD');
diff --git a/addons/survey/views/survey_templates.xml b/addons/survey/views/survey_templates.xml
index 76d16e38041..131c5c75a60 100644
--- a/addons/survey/views/survey_templates.xml
+++ b/addons/survey/views/survey_templates.xml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
 
     <template id="date" name="Date box">
         <div class='input-group date'>
-            <input type="text" date="true" class="form-control date" t-att-name="prefix"/>
+            <input type="date" class="form-control" t-att-name="prefix"/>
         </div>
     </template>