diff --git a/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php b/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php
index 8137557..9fd7228 100644
--- a/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php
+++ b/src/IDF/Views/Issue.php
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ class IDF_Views_Issue
                                     'page_title' => $title,
                                     'preview' => $preview,
                                     'issue' => new IDF_Issue(),
+                                    'date_today' => date('Y-m-d 23:59')
                                     ),
                               self::autoCompleteArrays($prj)
                               );
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html
index 0a0fb09..7a4a934 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/create.html
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         changeYear: true,
         changeMonth: true,
         yearRange: '-0:+5',
-        constrainInput: true,
+        constrainInput: false,
         dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',
         onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
             this.value = dateText + ' 23:59';
diff --git a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
index 47002ca..670420e 100644
--- a/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
+++ b/src/IDF/templates/idf/issues/view.html
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
         changeYear: true,
         changeMonth: true,
         yearRange: '-0:+5',
-        constrainInput: true,
+        constrainInput: false,
         dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd',
         onSelect: function(dateText, inst) {
             this.value = dateText + ' 23:59';