diff --git a/src/components/user/AddFile.tsx b/src/components/user/AddFile.tsx
index ca0737a9..e1c49dad 100644
--- a/src/components/user/AddFile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/user/AddFile.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ const AddFile = ({
   const router = useRouter();
   const [error, setError] = useState<boolean>(false);
   const [selectedTags, setSelectedTags] = useState<TagProps[]>([]);
-
   const handleResetState = () => {
     setStartDate(new Date());
     setSelectedTags([]);
@@ -175,7 +174,7 @@ const AddFile = ({
               className="mb-4 h-12 w-full cursor-pointer rounded-lg pl-4"
               selected={startDate}
               onChange={(date) => date && setStartDate(date)}
-              dateFormat="dd MMMM yyyy"
+              dateFormat="YYYY-MM-dd"
               excludeDates={excludeDates}
             />
             {excludedDatesString.includes(startDate.toDateString()) ? (
diff --git a/src/server/model/index.ts b/src/server/model/index.ts
index 1d43796d..d22568d2 100644
--- a/src/server/model/index.ts
+++ b/src/server/model/index.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const File = z.object({
   date: z.string().transform((val) => {
     const date = new Date(val);
     date.setHours(0, 0, 0, 0);
+    date.toISOString();
     return date;
   }),
   filetype: z.string(),