diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8d49e4035f..7064c34015 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 + rfe #1650 Support a default page in designer
 + rfe #1651 Allow copying mutiple rows
 + rfe #1643 No SQL query for loading data
++ rfe #1653 New data validation feature and datetime type
 
 4.4.2.0 (not yet released)
 - bug #4835 PMA_hideShowConnection not called after submit_num_fields
diff --git a/js/tbl_change.js b/js/tbl_change.js
index 7f66999478..98f43b0ecc 100644
--- a/js/tbl_change.js
+++ b/js/tbl_change.js
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('tbl_change.js', function () {
                 return true;
             } else if (theType == "datetime" || theType == "timestamp") {
                 var tmstmp = false;
+                dt_value = dt_value.trim();
                 if (dt_value == "CURRENT_TIMESTAMP") {
                     return true;
                 }
@@ -412,8 +413,11 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('tbl_change.js', function () {
                     return true;
                 }
                 var dv = dt_value.indexOf(" ");
-                if (dv == -1) {
-                    return false;
+                if (dv == -1) { // Only the date component, which is valid
+                    if (!  isDate(dt_value, tmstmp)) {
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                    return true;
                 } else {
                     if (! (isDate(dt_value.substring(0, dv), tmstmp)
                         && isTime(dt_value.substring(dv + 1)))) {