diff --git a/Examples/Objective-C/Examples/Dates/DatesFormViewController.m b/Examples/Objective-C/Examples/Dates/DatesFormViewController.m
index 5cd9a0d..371b2a2 100644
--- a/Examples/Objective-C/Examples/Dates/DatesFormViewController.m
+++ b/Examples/Objective-C/Examples/Dates/DatesFormViewController.m
@@ -71,7 +71,13 @@ NSString *const kCountDownTimer = @"countDownTimer";
         
         // CountDownTimer
         row = [XLFormRowDescriptor formRowDescriptorWithTag:kCountDownTimerInline rowType:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeCountDownTimerInline title:@"Countdown Timer"];
-        row.value = [NSDate new];
+        NSDateComponents * dateComp = [NSDateComponents new];
+        dateComp.hour = 0;
+        dateComp.minute = 7;
+        dateComp.timeZone = [NSTimeZone systemTimeZone];
+        NSCalendar * calendar = [[NSCalendar alloc] initWithCalendarIdentifier:NSGregorianCalendar];
+        
+        row.value = [calendar dateFromComponents:dateComp];
         [section addFormRow:row];
         
         
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ NSString *const kCountDownTimer = @"countDownTimer";
         
         // CountDownTimer
         row = [XLFormRowDescriptor formRowDescriptorWithTag:kCountDownTimerInline rowType:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeCountDownTimer title:@"Countdown Timer"];
-        row.value = [NSDate new];
+        row.value = [calendar dateFromComponents:dateComp];
         [section addFormRow:row];
         
         section = [XLFormSectionDescriptor formSectionWithTitle:@"Disabled Dates"];
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ NSString *const kCountDownTimer = @"countDownTimer";
 
 -(void)formRowDescriptorValueHasChanged:(XLFormRowDescriptor *)formRow oldValue:(id)oldValue newValue:(id)newValue
 {
+    [super formRowDescriptorValueHasChanged:formRow oldValue:oldValue newValue:newValue];
     if([formRow.tag isEqualToString:kDatePicker])
     {
         UIAlertView *message = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"DatePicker"
diff --git a/XLForm/XL/Cell/XLFormDateCell.m b/XLForm/XL/Cell/XLFormDateCell.m
index 4596a63..278f2df 100644
--- a/XLForm/XL/Cell/XLFormDateCell.m
+++ b/XLForm/XL/Cell/XLFormDateCell.m
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 {
     if ([self.rowDescriptor.rowType isEqualToString:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeDate] || [self.rowDescriptor.rowType isEqualToString:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeTime] || [self.rowDescriptor.rowType isEqualToString:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeDateTime] || [self.rowDescriptor.rowType isEqualToString:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeCountDownTimer]){
         if (self.rowDescriptor.value){
-            [self.datePicker setDate:self.rowDescriptor.value];
+            [self.datePicker setDate:self.rowDescriptor.value animated:[self.rowDescriptor.rowType isEqualToString:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeCountDownTimer]];
         }
         [self setModeToDatePicker:self.datePicker];
         return self.datePicker;
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
             XLFormRowDescriptor * datePickerRowDescriptor = [XLFormRowDescriptor formRowDescriptorWithTag:nil rowType:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeDatePicker];
             XLFormDatePickerCell * datePickerCell = (XLFormDatePickerCell *)[datePickerRowDescriptor cellForFormController:self.formViewController];
             [self setModeToDatePicker:datePickerCell.datePicker];
-            if (self.rowDescriptor.value){
-                [datePickerCell.datePicker setDate:self.rowDescriptor.value];
+            if (self.rowDescriptor.value){                
+                [datePickerCell.datePicker setDate:self.rowDescriptor.value animated:[self.rowDescriptor.rowType isEqualToString:XLFormRowDescriptorTypeCountDownTimerInline]];
             }
             NSAssert([datePickerCell conformsToProtocol:@protocol(XLFormInlineRowDescriptorCell)], @"inline cell must conform to XLFormInlineRowDescriptorCell");
             UITableViewCell<XLFormInlineRowDescriptorCell> * inlineCell = (UITableViewCell<XLFormInlineRowDescriptorCell> *)datePickerCell;