diff --git a/scripts/apps/authoring-react/fields/datetime/preview.tsx b/scripts/apps/authoring-react/fields/datetime/preview.tsx
index 1e8eb8e68f..69db3e5d12 100644
--- a/scripts/apps/authoring-react/fields/datetime/preview.tsx
+++ b/scripts/apps/authoring-react/fields/datetime/preview.tsx
@@ -14,12 +14,7 @@ export class Preview extends React.PureComponent<IProps> {
                 label={gettext('Date time (AUTHORING-REACT)')}
                 onChange={noop}
                 preview={true}
-                value={(() => {
-                    const {value} = this.props;
-                    const parsedVal = value != null && (value.length > 0) ? new Date(value) : null;
-
-                    return parsedVal;
-                })()}
+                value={this.props.value}
                 disabled={this.props.config.readOnly}
                 width={this.props.config.width}
             />
diff --git a/scripts/core/superdesk-api.d.ts b/scripts/core/superdesk-api.d.ts
index 29e54d8429..e9c360a47f 100644
--- a/scripts/core/superdesk-api.d.ts
+++ b/scripts/core/superdesk-api.d.ts
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ declare module 'superdesk-api' {
 
     // AUTHORING-REACT FIELD TYPES - datetime
 
-    export type IDateTimeValueOperational = Date | null; // ISO 8601, 13:59:01.123
+    export type IDateTimeValueOperational = Date | null;
     export type IDateTimeValueStorage = IDateTimeValueOperational;
     export interface IDateTimeFieldConfig extends ICommonFieldConfig {
         allowSeconds?: boolean;