diff --git a/src/app/components/calendar/calendar.ts b/src/app/components/calendar/calendar.ts
index ddca239abed..83426ba574e 100755
--- a/src/app/components/calendar/calendar.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/calendar/calendar.ts
@@ -1576,6 +1576,9 @@ export class Calendar implements OnInit, OnDestroy, ControlValueAccessor {
                 }
             }
         }
+        else if (this.dataType === 'string') {
+            formattedValue = date;
+        }
 
         return formattedValue;
     }