diff --git a/app/helpers/orbit_backend_helper.rb b/app/helpers/orbit_backend_helper.rb
index ebfd762..9c0c842 100644
--- a/app/helpers/orbit_backend_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/orbit_backend_helper.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ module OrbitBackendHelper
   def default_picker(object_name, method, options)
     custom = {}
     custom[:format] = options[:format] || 'yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm'
-    custom[:value] = format_value(options[:value], custom[:format]) if options[:value]
+    custom[:value] = format_value(options[:value], custom[:format]) if options[:value] && !options[:new_record]
+    custom[:value] = "" if options[:new_record]
     custom[:picker_class] = 'default_picker'
     custom[:label] = options[:label] || I18n.t('datetime_picker.default.label')
     custom[:placeholder] = options[:placeholder] || I18n.t('datetime_picker.default.placeholder')
diff --git a/app/helpers/orbit_form_helper.rb b/app/helpers/orbit_form_helper.rb
index 05ffc2e..eaad8e2 100644
--- a/app/helpers/orbit_form_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/orbit_form_helper.rb
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ module Orbit::FormBuilder
   # ActionPack's metaprogramming would have done this for us, if FormHelper#labeled_input 
   # had been defined  at load.   Instead we define it ourselves here.
   def datetime_picker(method, options = {})
-    @template.datetime_picker(@object_name, method, objectify_options(options))
+    # @template.datetime_picker(@object_name, method, objectify_options(options))
   end
 end
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diff --git a/app/helpers/orbit_helper.rb b/app/helpers/orbit_helper.rb
index c23e2d6..9bd7eb1 100644
--- a/app/helpers/orbit_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/orbit_helper.rb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ module OrbitHelper
   end
 
   def self.set_widget_tags(tags)
-    @widget_tags = tags;
+    @widget_tags = tags
   end
 
   def self.widget_tags