diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field-validator.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field-validator.ts
index 696e21d700..21b15244db 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field-validator.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/core/form-field-validator.ts
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ export class DateFieldValidator implements FormFieldValidator {
 
 export class MinDateFieldValidator implements FormFieldValidator {
 
+    MIN_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MM-YYYY';
+
     private supportedTypes = [
         FormFieldTypes.DATE
     ];
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ export class MinDateFieldValidator implements FormFieldValidator {
             } else {
                 d = field.value;
             }
-            let min = moment(field.minValue, dateFormat);
+            let min = moment(field.minValue, this.MIN_DATE_FORMAT);
 
             if (d.isBefore(min)) {
                 field.validationSummary.message = `FORM.FIELD.VALIDATOR.NOT_LESS_THAN`;
@@ -198,6 +200,8 @@ export class MinDateFieldValidator implements FormFieldValidator {
 
 export class MaxDateFieldValidator implements FormFieldValidator {
 
+    MAX_DATE_FORMAT = 'DD-MM-YYYY';
+
     private supportedTypes = [
         FormFieldTypes.DATE
     ];
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ export class MaxDateFieldValidator implements FormFieldValidator {
             } else {
                 d = field.value;
             }
-            let max = moment(field.maxValue, dateFormat);
+            let max = moment(field.maxValue, this.MAX_DATE_FORMAT);
 
             if (d.isAfter(max)) {
                 field.validationSummary.message = `FORM.FIELD.VALIDATOR.NOT_GREATER_THAN`;
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.spec.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.spec.ts
index acb6a8fce2..02e7b27166 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.spec.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.spec.ts
@@ -147,6 +147,37 @@ describe('DateWidgetComponent', () => {
                 });
         }));
 
+        it('should check correctly the min value with different formats', async(() => {
+            widget.field.value = '11-30-9999';
+            widget.field.dateDisplayFormat = 'MM-DD-YYYY';
+            widget.field.minValue = '30-12-9999';
+            widget.ngOnInit();
+            widget.field.validate();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            fixture.whenStable()
+                .then(() => {
+                    expect(element.querySelector('#date-field-id')).toBeDefined();
+                    expect(element.querySelector('#date-field-id')).not.toBeNull();
+                    let dateElement: any = element.querySelector('#date-field-id');
+                    expect(dateElement.value).toContain('11-30-9999');
+                    expect(element.querySelector('.adf-error-text').textContent).toBe('FORM.FIELD.VALIDATOR.NOT_LESS_THAN');
+                });
+        }));
+
+        it('should show the correct format type', async(() => {
+            widget.field.value = '12-30-9999';
+            widget.field.dateDisplayFormat = 'MM-DD-YYYY';
+            widget.ngOnInit();
+            fixture.detectChanges();
+            fixture.whenStable()
+                .then(() => {
+                    expect(element.querySelector('#date-field-id')).toBeDefined();
+                    expect(element.querySelector('#date-field-id')).not.toBeNull();
+                    let dateElement: any = element.querySelector('#date-field-id');
+                    expect(dateElement.value).toContain('12-30-9999');
+                });
+        }));
+
         it('should hide not visible date widget', async(() => {
             widget.field.isVisible = false;
             fixture.detectChanges();
diff --git a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.ts b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.ts
index da7fb4f75e..dde8682511 100644
--- a/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.ts
+++ b/ng2-components/ng2-activiti-form/src/components/widgets/date/date.widget.ts
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ export class DateWidgetComponent extends WidgetComponent implements OnInit {
 
         if (this.field) {
             if (this.field.minValue) {
-                this.minDate = moment(this.field.minValue, this.field.dateDisplayFormat);
+                this.minDate = moment(this.field.minValue, 'DD/MM/YYYY');
             }
 
             if (this.field.maxValue) {
-                this.maxDate = moment(this.field.maxValue, this.field.dateDisplayFormat);
+                this.maxDate = moment(this.field.maxValue, 'DD/MM/YYYY');
             }
         }
         this.displayDate = moment(this.field.value, this.field.dateDisplayFormat);