diff --git a/React/Views/RCTDatePickerManager.m b/React/Views/RCTDatePickerManager.m
index da94b210536..7d366d109a9 100644
--- a/React/Views/RCTDatePickerManager.m
+++ b/React/Views/RCTDatePickerManager.m
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #import "RCTDatePicker.h"
 #import "RCTEventDispatcher.h"
 #import "UIView+React.h"
+#import <React/RCTUIManager.h>
 
 @implementation RCTConvert(UIDatePicker)
 
@@ -41,4 +42,22 @@ RCT_EXPORT_VIEW_PROPERTY(onChange, RCTBubblingEventBlock)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(mode, datePickerMode, UIDatePickerMode)
 RCT_REMAP_VIEW_PROPERTY(timeZoneOffsetInMinutes, timeZone, NSTimeZone)
 
+RCT_EXPORT_METHOD(setNativeDate : (nonnull NSNumber *)viewTag toDate : (NSDate *)date)
+{
+  [self.bridge.uiManager addUIBlock:^(RCTUIManager *uiManager, NSDictionary<NSNumber *, UIView *> *viewRegistry) {
+    UIView *view = viewRegistry[viewTag];
+    
+    if ([view isKindOfClass:[RCTDatePicker class]]) {
+      [(RCTDatePicker *)view setDate:date];
+    } else {
+      UIView *subview = view.subviews.firstObject;
+      if ([subview isKindOfClass:[RCTDatePicker class]]) {
+        [(RCTDatePicker *)subview setDate:date];
+      } else {
+        RCTLogError(@"view type must be RCTPicker");
+      }
+    }
+  }];
+}
+
 @end