diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/DataSetFormView.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/DataSetFormView.js
index 6cfa9cdd1a42e173b9e84ba1c758b7c62c5b1227..75934aa7f17a5a0e38322cb2deb7c2533e5d6ce1 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/DataSetFormView.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/DataSetForm/DataSetFormView.js
@@ -481,6 +481,7 @@ function DataSetFormView(dataSetFormController, dataSetFormModel) {
 							$component = FormUtil.activateRichTextProperties($component, changeEvent(propertyType));
 						} else if(propertyType.dataType === "TIMESTAMP") {
 							$component.on("dp.change", changeEvent(propertyType));
+							$component.change(changeEvent(propertyType));
 						} else {
 							$component.change(changeEvent(propertyType));
 						}
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ExperimentForm/ExperimentFormView.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ExperimentForm/ExperimentFormView.js
index cfaa9119ddc9d4d8250adf0833330dc5ef365ee6..20e7a51af4fc47037713a4753518977924454f30 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ExperimentForm/ExperimentFormView.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/ExperimentForm/ExperimentFormView.js
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ function ExperimentFormView(experimentFormController, experimentFormModel) {
 						$component = FormUtil.activateRichTextProperties($component, changeEvent(propertyType));
 					} else if(propertyType.dataType === "TIMESTAMP") {
 						$component.on("dp.change", changeEvent(propertyType));
+						$component.change(changeEvent(propertyType));
 					} else {
 						$component.change(changeEvent(propertyType));
 					}
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js
index 3b202b0ab3dec1fd85ec66acab9c480c6caebc64..cf0c23c61d7d17abc40b5e6c2553b18b7378d79e 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SampleForm/SampleFormView.js
@@ -551,6 +551,7 @@ function SampleFormView(sampleFormController, sampleFormModel) {
 						$component = FormUtil.activateRichTextProperties($component, changeEvent(propertyType));
 					} else if(propertyType.dataType === "TIMESTAMP") {
 						$component.on("dp.change", changeEvent(propertyType));
+						$component.change(changeEvent(propertyType));
 					} else {
 						$component.change(changeEvent(propertyType));
 					}
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py
index 1d3c7ce3dbd9b84ac9d78dda779ccb4efc3b9bd4..06dc8de9bcad9bc14e932a0de9e6c52099ea312f 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py
@@ -693,12 +693,13 @@ def insertUpdateSample(tr, parameters, tableBuilder):
 	if sampleProperties != None:
 		properties = getProperties(tr, parameters);
 		for key in sampleProperties.keySet():
-			propertyValue = sampleProperties[key];
+			propertyValue = unicode(sampleProperties[key]);
 			if propertyValue == "":
 				propertyValue = None;
 			else:
 				propertyValue = updateIfIsPropertyRichText(properties, key, propertyValue);
-			sample.setPropertyValue(key, unicode(propertyValue));
+			sample.setPropertyValue(key, propertyValue);
+			
 	#Add sample parents
 	if sampleParents != None:
 		sample.setParentSampleIdentifiers(sampleParents);