diff --git a/src/components/DateInput.vue b/src/components/DateInput.vue
index 843e1d94..1fe5ab6d 100644
--- a/src/components/DateInput.vue
+++ b/src/components/DateInput.vue
@@ -119,9 +119,11 @@ export default {
 
       if (this.typeable) {
         const typedDate = Date.parse(this.input.value)
-        if (!isNaN(typedDate)) {
+        var parseableDate = this.parseableDate(this.input.value, this.format)
+        var parsedDate = Date.parse(parseableDate)
+        if (!isNaN(parsedDate)) {
           this.typedDate = this.input.value
-          this.$emit('typedDate', new Date(this.typedDate))
+          this.$emit('typedDate', new Date(parsedDate))
         }
       }
     },
@@ -130,7 +132,8 @@ export default {
      * called once the input is blurred
      */
     inputBlurred () {
-      if (this.typeable && isNaN(Date.parse(this.input.value))) {
+      var parseableDate = this.parseableDate(this.input.value, this.format)
+      if (isNaN(Date.parse(parseableDate))) {
         this.clearDate()
         this.input.value = null
         this.typedDate = null
@@ -143,7 +146,37 @@ export default {
      */
     clearDate () {
       this.$emit('clearDate')
-    }
+    },
+     /**
+     * makes date parseable
+     * to use with international dates
+     */
+    parseableDate (datestr, formatstr) {
+      if (!(datestr && formatstr)) { return datestr }
+      var splitter = formatstr.match(/-|\/|\s|\./) || ['-']
+      var df = formatstr.split(splitter[0])
+      var ds = datestr.split(splitter[0])
+      var ymd = [0, 0, 0]
+      var dat
+      for (var i = 0; i < df.length; i++) {
+        if (/yyyy/i.test(df[i])) {
+          ymd[0] = ds[i]
+        } else if (/mm/i.test(df[i])) {
+          ymd[1] = ds[i]
+        } else if (/m/i.test(df[i])) {
+          ymd[1] = ds[i]  
+        } else if (/dd/i.test(df[i])) {
+          ymd[2] = ds[i]
+        } else if (/d/i.test(df[i])) {
+          ymd[2] = ds[i]
+        }
+      }
+      var timezone = new Date().toString().split(' ')
+      dat = ymd.join('-') + 'T00:00:00' + timezone[5].substr(3, 5)  //  include timezone to avoid wrong dates after parse
+      if (isNaN(Date.parse(dat))) {
+        return datestr
+      }
+      return dat
   },
   mounted () {
     this.input = this.$el.querySelector('input')