diff --git a/hypha/templates/django/forms/widgets/datetime.html b/hypha/templates/django/forms/widgets/datetime.html
index cc5f023bb13e8320e92999da0ca825865fbdc18e..ea0d48f52e57363b2a5545c6b65b708ae8a6085c 100644
--- a/hypha/templates/django/forms/widgets/datetime.html
+++ b/hypha/templates/django/forms/widgets/datetime.html
@@ -1 +1 @@
-<input type="datetime-local" placeholder="dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm" name="{{ widget.name }}"{% if widget.value != None %} value="{{ widget.value|stringformat:'s' }}"{% endif %}{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %} />
+<input type="datetime-local" placeholder="yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm" name="{{ widget.name }}"{% if widget.value != None %} value="{{ widget.value|stringformat:'s' }}"{% endif %}{% include "django/forms/widgets/attrs.html" %} />