diff --git a/src/app/browser.coffee b/src/app/browser.coffee
index 9c6f2b7fc7..8d34ce91a8 100644
--- a/src/app/browser.coffee
+++ b/src/app/browser.coffee
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ reconstructPage = (model) ->
   setupTooltips(model)
   setupTour(model)
   setupGrowlNotifications(model) unless model.get('_view.mobileDevice')
-  $('.datepicker').datepicker();
+  #Date picker doensn't seem to fire change event to update value
+#  $('.datepicker').datepicker()
+#    .on 'changeDate', (ev) ->
+#      # very strange, doesn't seem to automatically change the input value, meaning our changes aren't saved
+#      $(ev.target).val(ev.target.value)
 
 ###
   Loads JavaScript files from (1) public/js/* and (2) external sources
diff --git a/views/app/index.html b/views/app/index.html
index 8bf7af2aed..a4bd65e5f8 100644
--- a/views/app/index.html
+++ b/views/app/index.html
@@ -622,7 +622,9 @@ do a find for the string after "→"
         {#if _user.flags.enableDueDates}
         <div class=control-group>
             <label>Due Date</label>
-            <input type="text" value="{:task.date}" data-date-format="mm/dd/yy" class="datepicker" >
+            <input type="text" value="{:task.date}" data-date-format="mm/dd/yy" class="datepicker" />
+            <div><small>Enter as date, eg 02/19/2013 or 02-19-2013</small></div>
+
         </div>
         {/}
       {/}