diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datepickers.js b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datepickers.js
index 598204ae..5dd2c33c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datepickers.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/osem-datepickers.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 var today = new Date().toISOString().slice(0, 10);
 $(function () {
   $("input[id^='datetimepicker']").datetimepicker({
-    pickTime: true,
     useCurrent: false,
     sideBySide: true,
     autoclose: true,
@@ -10,14 +9,12 @@ $(function () {
   });
 
   $('.datetimepicker').datetimepicker({
-    pickTime: true,
     useCurrent: false,
     sideBySide: true,
     format: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm'
   });
 
   $("#registration-arrival-datepicker").datetimepicker({
-      pickTime: true,
       useCurrent: false,
       minuteStepping: 15,
       sideBySide: true,
@@ -28,7 +25,6 @@ $(function () {
   });
 
   $("#registration-departure-datepicker").datetimepicker({
-      pickTime: true,
       useCurrent: false,
       minuteStepping: 15,
       sideBySide: true,
@@ -53,7 +49,6 @@ $(function () {
    });
 
    $("#conference-start-datepicker").datetimepicker({
-       pickTime: false,
        useCurrent: false,
        format: "YYYY-MM-DD",
        // conference-start-day >= Current_date
@@ -61,7 +56,6 @@ $(function () {
    });
 
    $("#conference-end-datepicker").datetimepicker({
-       pickTime: false,
        useCurrent: false,
        format: "YYYY-MM-DD",
    });
diff --git a/spec/features/conference_spec.rb b/spec/features/conference_spec.rb
index 9810a762..4c2b1438 100644
--- a/spec/features/conference_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/conference_spec.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ feature Conference do
       fill_in 'conference_title', with: 'New Con'
       fill_in 'conference_short_title', with: ''
 
+      day = Time.zone.today + 10
+      page
+          .execute_script("$('#conference-start-datepicker').val('" +
+                             "#{day.strftime('%d/%m/%Y')}')")
+      page
+          .execute_script("$('#conference-end-datepicker').val('" +
+                             "#{(day + 7).strftime('%d/%m/%Y')}')")
+
       page.accept_alert do
         click_button 'Update Conference'
       end