diff --git a/crc/scripts/email.py b/crc/scripts/email.py
index 2e5a7105..22f51e21 100644
--- a/crc/scripts/email.py
+++ b/crc/scripts/email.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from crc import app, session
 from crc.api.common import ApiError
-from crc.models.email import EmailModelSchema
+from crc.models.email import EmailModel, EmailModelSchema
 from crc.models.file import FileModel, CONTENT_TYPES
 from crc.models.workflow import WorkflowModel
 from crc.services.document_service import DocumentService
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ email(subject="My Subject", recipients="user@example.com", attachments=['Study_A
 """
 
     def do_task_validate_only(self, task, study_id, workflow_id, *args, **kwargs):
-        self.get_subject(kwargs['subject'])
-        self.get_email_addresses(kwargs['recipients'], study_id)
-        EmailService().get_rendered_content(task.task_spec.documentation, task.data)
+        subject = self.get_subject(kwargs['subject'])
+        recipients = self.get_email_addresses(kwargs['recipients'], study_id)
+        content, content_html = EmailService().get_rendered_content(task.task_spec.documentation, task.data)
+        return EmailModel(subject=subject, recipients=recipients, content=content, content_html=content_html)
 
     def do_task(self, task, study_id, workflow_id, *args, **kwargs):
 
@@ -136,7 +137,7 @@ email(subject="My Subject", recipients="user@example.com", attachments=['Study_A
         if not subject or not isinstance(subject, str):
             raise ApiError(code="invalid_argument",
                            message="The subject you provided could not be parsed. "
-                               "The value is \"%s\" " % subject)
+                           "The value is \"%s\" " % subject)
         return subject
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/crc/scripts/get_localtime.py b/crc/scripts/get_localtime.py
index 83fab223..c3add55e 100644
--- a/crc/scripts/get_localtime.py
+++ b/crc/scripts/get_localtime.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime
+
 from crc.api.common import ApiError
 from crc.scripts.script import Script
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ class GetLocaltime(Script):
 
     def do_task_validate_only(self, task, study_id, workflow_id, *args, **kwargs):
         if 'timestamp' in kwargs:
-            return True
+            return datetime.datetime.now()
         raise ApiError(code='missing_timestamp',
                        message='You must include a timestamp to convert.')
 
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ class GetLocaltime(Script):
                 timezone = 'US/Eastern'
             parsed_timestamp = dateparser.parse(timestamp)
             localtime = parsed_timestamp.astimezone(pytz.timezone(timezone))
-            return str(localtime)
+            return localtime
 
         else:
             raise ApiError(code='missing_timestamp',
diff --git a/tests/scripts/test_get_localtime.py b/tests/scripts/test_get_localtime.py
index 7e5b489b..4abac7ea 100644
--- a/tests/scripts/test_get_localtime.py
+++ b/tests/scripts/test_get_localtime.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from tests.base_test import BaseTest
 from crc.scripts.get_localtime import GetLocaltime
+import dateparser
 
 
 class TestGetLocaltime(BaseTest):
@@ -14,4 +15,4 @@ class TestGetLocaltime(BaseTest):
         timestamp = task.data['timestamp']
         localtime = task.data['localtime']
 
-        self.assertEqual(localtime, GetLocaltime().do_task(None, None, None, timestamp=timestamp))
+        self.assertEqual(dateparser.parse(localtime), GetLocaltime().do_task(None, None, None, timestamp=timestamp))