diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/BaseInputTemplate/BaseInputTemplate.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/BaseInputTemplate/BaseInputTemplate.tsx
index 53a9213b..2049c01b 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/BaseInputTemplate/BaseInputTemplate.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/rjsf/carbon_theme/BaseInputTemplate/BaseInputTemplate.tsx
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export default function BaseInputTemplate<
       _onChange(fullObject);
     },
     // delay in ms
-    1000
+    100
   );
 
   let enableCounter = false;
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/DateAndTimeService.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/DateAndTimeService.tsx
index 805f3486..fa0a6c73 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/DateAndTimeService.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/services/DateAndTimeService.tsx
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ const attemptToConvertUnknownDateStringFormatToKnownFormat = (
       if (normalizedDateString.match(dateFormatRegex)) {
         const newDate = parse(
           normalizedDateString,
-          dateFormat.replaceAll(/MMM*/g, 'MM'),
+          numericalDateFormat,
           new Date()
         );
         newDateString = convertDateObjectToFormattedString(newDate) || '';