diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/fanstatic/odsh_datepicker.js b/ckanext/odsh/fanstatic/odsh_datepicker.js
index f4aa9e4a3ab3803d43aeae3dcab4ab8bebc45f46..e81f6e51d98ca079acce438e2646b5b3091370fb 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/fanstatic/odsh_datepicker.js
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/fanstatic/odsh_datepicker.js
@@ -30,17 +30,15 @@ this.ckan.module('odsh_datepicker', function ($, _)
             {
                 var dateString = $(ev.target).val()
                 var date = moment(dateString, "DD.MM.YYYY", true)
-                console.log(date)
                 var isValid = date.isValid() && (dateString.length == 10)
                 if (isValid)
                 {
                     var serverDate = date.format(serverFormat);
-                    console.log(serverDate)
                     target.val(serverDate);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    target.val('');
+                    target.val(dateString);
                 }
             }
             var onClear = function (ev)
diff --git a/ckanext/odsh/validation.py b/ckanext/odsh/validation.py
index 7a93469f86b40c0ce3fc75142133bcf0f6dccade..90efa8f2e412a31e617345280c9ce7001584417a 100644
--- a/ckanext/odsh/validation.py
+++ b/ckanext/odsh/validation.py
@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ def _set_value(data, field, value):
 def validate_extra_date_new(key, field, data, optional, errors):
     value = _extract_value(data, field)
 
-    print("DATE", value)
-
     if not value:
         if not optional:
             errors[field] = 'empty'
@@ -91,15 +89,11 @@ def validate_extra_date_new(key, field, data, optional, errors):
     else:
         if re.match(r'\d\d\d\d-\d\d-\d\d', value):
             try:
-                print ("BEOFRE PARSE", value)
                 dt=parse(value)
-                print("PARSED DATE", dt)
                 _set_value(data, field, dt.isoformat())
                 return
             except ValueError:
-                print('ERROR from Exception')
                 pass
-        print('ERROR')
         errors[field] = 'not a valid date'
 
 def validate_licenseAttributionByText(key, data, errors,context):