diff --git a/datetimefield.go b/datetimefield.go
index ffc16fb..630992e 100644
--- a/datetimefield.go
+++ b/datetimefield.go
@@ -59,11 +59,13 @@ func (f *DateTimeFieldInstance) Clean(data Data) error {
 		v := m.rawValueAsString()
 		m.Kind = reflect.Struct
 		if v != nil {
-			t, err := time.Parse(f.Format, *v)
-			if err != nil {
-				return errors.New(f.ErrorMessage)
+			if *v != "" {
+				t, err := time.Parse(f.Format, *v)
+				if err != nil {
+					return errors.New(f.ErrorMessage)
+				}
+				m.Value = t
 			}
-			m.Value = t
 			m.IsNil = false
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/datetimefield_test.go b/datetimefield_test.go
index 3faec69..c6de3b0 100644
--- a/datetimefield_test.go
+++ b/datetimefield_test.go
@@ -99,3 +99,18 @@ func TestInputValidDateTimeFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Error("given: " + obj.Date.String() + ", exptected: " + DefaultDateTimeFormat)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestInputDateNotRequired(t *testing.T) {
+	Form := DefineForm(NewFields(
+		NewDateTimeField("date", DefaultDateFormat, nil),
+	))
+	reqDate := ""
+	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "/", strings.NewReader(url.Values{"date": {reqDate}}.Encode()))
+	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
+
+	form := Form(req)
+	if !form.IsValid() {
+		t.Error("Date required when it should not be.")
+		return
+	}
+}