diff --git a/classes/fields/datetime.php b/classes/fields/datetime.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/classes/fields/datetime.php
+++ b/classes/fields/datetime.php
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ class PodsField_DateTime extends PodsField {
      * @since 2.0
      */
     public function pre_save ( $value, $id = null, $name = null, $options = null, $fields = null, $pod = null, $params = null ) {
-        $format = $this->format( $options );
+        $format = $this->format( $options, true );
+        $format = static::convert_format( $format, array( 'source' => 'jquery_ui' ) );
 
         if ( ! empty( $value ) && ( 0 == pods_var( static::$type . '_allow_empty', $options, 1 ) || ! in_array( $value, array( '0000-00-00', '0000-00-00 00:00:00', '00:00:00' ) ) ) )
             $value = $this->convert_date( $value, static::$storage_format, $format );
pre_save() should use the JS format version and convert it to PHP format afterwards