diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
index cccf1ab74..d52b150ec 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/editor-client/src/js/ui/common/typedInput.js
@@ -422,14 +422,9 @@
                     value: 'iso'
                 },
                 {
-                    value: 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss'
-                },
-                {
-                    value: 'YYYY-MM-DD'
-                },
-                {
-                    value: 'HH:mm:ss'
-                },
+                    label: 'JavaScript Date Object',
+                    value: 'object'
+                }
             ]
         },
         jsonata: {
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
index 150605987..711084d2a 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/util/lib/util.js
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ function evaluateNodeProperty(value, type, node, msg, callback) {
     } else if (type === 'date') {
         if (!value) {
             result = Date.now();
+        } else if (value === 'object') {
+            result = new Date()
         } else if (value === 'iso') {
             result = (new Date()).toISOString()
         } else {