diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4ddfc74d5..19b4269fe 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2006-10-25  Wolfgang Sourdeau  <wsourdeau@inverse.ca>
 
+	* UI/WebServerResources/UIxAppointmentEditor.js: handle conversion
+	of start and end dates to short string dates.
+
 	* UI/MainUI/SOGoUserHomePage.m ([SOGoUserHomePage
 	-readFreeBusyAction]): new method that returns an array of numbers
 	corresponding to the state in the freebusy of each "quarter of an
diff --git a/UI/WebServerResources/UIxAppointmentEditor.js b/UI/WebServerResources/UIxAppointmentEditor.js
index d200bfa45..217ad05cb 100644
--- a/UI/WebServerResources/UIxAppointmentEditor.js
+++ b/UI/WebServerResources/UIxAppointmentEditor.js
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ function saveEvent(sender) {
 
 function _dayAsShortString(node) {
   var date = node.value.split("/");
+  if (date.length != 3)
+    date = node.value.split("-");
   return date[2] + date[1] + date[0];
 }