diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
index 767fcff4d988d4bf41ac7ab30bf5fc8a0c11e450..de23276c836b57d4ff6495149a66216d60ad00a2 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/helpers.py
@@ -105,11 +105,15 @@ def odsh_get_spatial_text(pkg_dict):
     return None
 
 
-def odsh_render_datetime(datetime_, date_format='{0.day:02d}.{0.month:02d}.{0.year:4d}'):
+def odsh_render_datetime(datetime_, fromIso=True):
+    date_format='{0.day:02d}.{0.month:02d}.{0.year:4d}'
     if not datetime_:
         return ''
     try:
-        DATETIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+        if fromIso:
+            DATETIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'
+        else:
+            DATETIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d'
         dt = datetime.datetime.strptime(
             datetime_, DATETIME_FORMAT)
         return dt.strftime('%d.%m.%Y')
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo
index fad2be93b305da5ac2ae00cffa567377b95df015..af5ed0c634f28dd2ada0363867e8c0f1f22a8ad6 100644
Binary files a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo and b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.mo differ
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po
index 84f15ec8e0b894373f015fc18c252d999cb7e649..1fc8c021608d0b592163f17ad485d878b8218916 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/i18n/de/LC_MESSAGES/ckanext-odsh.po
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ msgid "map"
 msgstr "Karte"
 
 msgid "wrong_start_date_for_search"
-msgstr "Das Datum ist ungültig"
+msgstr "Das Startdatum ist ungültig"
 
 msgid "wrong_end_date_for_search"
-msgstr "Das Datum ist ungültig"
+msgstr "Das Enddatum ist ungültig"
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/public/odsh.css b/ckanext/odsh/public/odsh.css
index ccaa8fc30c3a6ab24d237c4c6464b7c0ccd236fb..9554c8987875742bf83aa4c7133dddd3a3635714 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/public/odsh.css
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/public/odsh.css
@@ -367,6 +367,9 @@ label.rangesearch.disabled {
     top: -8px;
     right: -8px;    
 }
+.pill.error .remove .fa.fa-times{
+    background-color: #d4004b;
+}
 
 .container-fluid.odsh-dataset-item {
     padding: 20px 0px 20px 0px;
@@ -1349,6 +1352,10 @@ display: none;
     background-color: #003064;
     color:white;
 }
+.filtered.pill.error{
+    background-color: #d4004b;
+}
+
 .site-title{
     color:black;
     /* text-align:center; */
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/search.html b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/search.html
index 14ff1f517d788c6979fca30481165f093588b20b..58e3082df7fdce3fc18c2ca11551f4714e45cf78 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/search.html
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/templates/package/search.html
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ default_extent="{ \"type\": \"Polygon\", \"coordinates\": [[[7.6574,53.1632],[11
         <form id="date-search-form" method="get" action="{% url_for controller='package', action='search' %}">
           <div class='controls rangesearch'>
             {%- set start = request.params['ext_startdate'] -%}
-            {%- set start_error = h.odsh_render_datetime(start) == '' and start -%}
+            {%- set start_error = h.odsh_render_datetime(start, False) == '' and start -%}
             {%- set end = request.params['ext_enddate'] -%}
-            {%- set end_error = h.odsh_render_datetime(end) == '' and end -%}
+            {%- set end_error = h.odsh_render_datetime(end, False) == '' and end -%}
             {%- set typeStart = 'text' if (start_error or not start) else 'date' -%}
             {%- set typeEnd = 'text' if (end_error or not end) else 'date' -%}
             {%- set onFocus = 'onfocus=(this.type=\'date\')' -%}
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/templates/snippets/search_form.html b/ckanext/odsh/templates/snippets/search_form.html
index 8e3add90ca3e35aaefc6a5ef455729d370296203..b06a845877982ea6f1f9c1be5536767ececf2334 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/templates/snippets/search_form.html
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/templates/snippets/search_form.html
@@ -73,25 +73,37 @@
     {% endif %}
     {% endif %}
     <div id="datesearch-filter">
-        {%set start_date=h.odsh_render_datetime(request.params.get('ext_startdate'))%}
-        {%set end_date=h.odsh_render_datetime(request.params.get('ext_enddate'))%}
+        {%set start_date=h.odsh_render_datetime(request.params.get('ext_startdate'), False)%}
+        {%set end_date=h.odsh_render_datetime(request.params.get('ext_enddate'), False)%}
         {%- set start_error = start_date == '' and request.params.get('ext_startdate')-%}
         {%- set end_error = end_date == '' and request.params.get('ext_enddate')-%}
-        {% if (start_date or end_date) and (not start_error and not end_error)%}
+        {% if start_date or end_date or start_error or end_error%}
         <p class="filter-list">
-            {% if start_date %}
+            {% if start_date and not start_error%}
             <span class="filtered pill">
                 {{_('daterange')}}: {{_('from')}} {{ start_date}}
                 <a href="{{ h.remove_url_param('ext_startdate') }}" class="remove" title="{{ _('Remove') }}"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></a>
             </span>
             {% endif %}
+            {% if start_error %}
+            <span class="filtered pill error">
+                {{_('daterange')}}: {{_('wrong_start_date_for_search')}}
+                <a href="{{ h.remove_url_param('ext_startdate') }}" class="remove" title="{{ _('Remove') }}"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></a>
+            </span>
+            {% endif %}
 
-            {% if end_date %}
+            {% if end_date and not end_error%}
             <span class="filtered pill">
                 {{_('daterange')}}: {{_('to')}} {{ end_date}}
                 <a href="{{ h.remove_url_param('ext_enddate') }}" class="remove" title="{{ _('Remove') }}"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></a>
             </span>
             {% endif %}
+            {% if end_error %}
+            <span class="filtered pill error">
+                {{_('daterange')}}: {{_('wrong_end_date_for_search')}}
+                <a href="{{ h.remove_url_param('ext_enddate') }}" class="remove" title="{{ _('Remove') }}"><i class="fa fa-times"></i></a>
+            </span>
+            {% endif %}
         </p>
         {% endif %}
     </div>