Index: bug_update_advanced_page.php
===================================================================
--- bug_update_advanced_page.php	(revision 5470)
+++ bug_update_advanced_page.php	(working copy)
@@ -190,7 +190,10 @@
 ?>
 	</td>
 
-<?php if ( access_has_bug_level( config_get( 'due_date_view_threshold' ), $f_bug_id ) ) { ?>
+<?php 
+	$t_can_update_due_date = access_has_bug_level( config_get( 'due_date_update_threshold' ), $f_bug_id );
+	
+	if ( access_has_bug_level( config_get( 'due_date_view_threshold' ), $f_bug_id ) ) { ?>
 	<!-- Due Date -->
 	<td class="category">
 		<?php echo lang_get( 'due_date' ) ?>
@@ -203,7 +206,7 @@
 	}
 	if ( $t_can_update_due_date ) {
 		$t_date_to_display = '';
-		if ( ! date_is_null( $t_bug->due_date ) ) {
+	    if ( ! date_is_null( $t_bug->due_date ) ) {
 			$t_date_to_display = date( config_get( 'short_date_format' ), $t_bug->due_date );
 		}
 	    print "<input ".helper_get_tab_index()." type=\"text\" id=\"due_date\" name=\"due_date\" size=\"20\" maxlength=\"10\" value=\"".$t_date_to_display."\">";
@@ -211,7 +214,7 @@
 	?>
 	</td>
 	<?php } else {
-		if ( $t_bug->due_date != $t_null_date  ) print_date( config_get( 'short_date_format' ), $t_bug->due_date  ); }?>
+		if ( ! date_is_null($t_bug->due_date) ) print_date( config_get( 'short_date_format' ), $t_bug->due_date  ); }?>
 	</td>
 <?php } else { ?>
 		<!-- spacer -->
Index: bug_report.php
===================================================================
--- bug_report.php	(revision 5470)
+++ bug_report.php	(working copy)
@@ -55,12 +55,35 @@
 	$t_bug_data->steps_to_reproduce	= gpc_get_string( 'steps_to_reproduce', config_get( 'default_bug_steps_to_reproduce' ) );
 	$t_bug_data->additional_information	= gpc_get_string( 'additional_info', config_get ( 'default_bug_additional_info' ) );
 	$t_bug_data->due_date 				= gpc_get_string( 'due_date', '');
+
 	if ( is_blank ( $t_bug_data->due_date ) ) {
-		$t_bug_data->due_date = date_get_null( );
-	} else {
-		$t_bug_data->due_date = db_unixtimestamp ( $t_bug_data->due_date, true ) + 1;
-	}	
+                $t_bug_data->due_date = date_get_null( );
+        } else {
+            $t_due_date = date($t_bug_data->due_date);
+            #get delimiter
+            $date_format_strings = array("m", "d", "y", "M", "D", "Y");
+            $date_delimiter = str_replace($date_format_strings, "", config_get('short_date_format'));
+            $date_delimiter = $date_delimiter[0];
 
+            $t_due_date_tmp = explode($date_delimiter, $t_bug_data->due_date);
+            $date_format_order = explode($date_delimiter, config_get('short_date_format'));
+            $i = 0;
+            foreach ( $date_format_order as $key) {
+                switch($key) {
+                    case 'd': $t_due_date_day = $t_due_date_tmp[$i];
+                    break;
+                    case 'm': $t_due_date_month = $t_due_date_tmp[$i];
+                    break;
+                    case 'Y': $t_due_date_year = $t_due_date_tmp[$i];
+                    break;
+                }
+                $i = $i+1;
+            }
+            $t_due_date =  gmmktime(0, 0, 1, $t_due_date_month, $t_due_date_day, $t_due_date_year);
+            $t_bug_data->due_date = $t_due_date;
+        }
+
+
 	$f_file					= gpc_get_file( 'file', null ); #@@@ (thraxisp) Note that this always returns a structure
 															# size = 0, if no file
 	$f_report_stay			= gpc_get_bool( 'report_stay', false );
Index: bug_update.php
===================================================================
--- bug_update.php	(revision 5470)
+++ bug_update.php	(working copy)
@@ -82,9 +82,31 @@
 	if ( is_blank ( $t_bug_data->due_date ) ) {
 		$t_bug_data->due_date = date_get_null( );
 	} else {
-		$t_bug_data->due_date = db_unixtimestamp ( $t_bug_data->due_date, true ) + 1;
+	    $t_due_date = date($t_bug_data->due_date);
+    	    #get delimiter
+	    $date_format_strings = array("m", "d", "y", "M", "D", "Y");
+	    $date_delimiter = str_replace($date_format_strings, "", config_get('short_date_format'));
+	    $date_delimiter = $date_delimiter[0];
+	    
+	    $t_due_date_tmp = explode($date_delimiter, $t_bug_data->due_date);
+	    $date_format_order = explode($date_delimiter, config_get('short_date_format'));
+	    $i = 0;
+	    foreach ( $date_format_order as $key) {
+	        switch($key) {
+	    	    case 'd': $t_due_date_day = $t_due_date_tmp[$i];
+		    break;
+		    case 'm': $t_due_date_month = $t_due_date_tmp[$i];
+		    break;
+		    case 'Y': $t_due_date_year = $t_due_date_tmp[$i];
+		    break;
+		}
+	        $i = $i+1;
+	    }
+	    $t_due_date =  gmmktime(0, 0, 1, $t_due_date_month, $t_due_date_day, $t_due_date_year);
+	    $t_bug_data->due_date = $t_due_date;	
 	}
 	
+	
 	$t_bug_data->description		= gpc_get_string( 'description', $t_bug_data->description );
 	$t_bug_data->steps_to_reproduce	= gpc_get_string( 'steps_to_reproduce', $t_bug_data->steps_to_reproduce );
 	$t_bug_data->additional_information	= gpc_get_string( 'additional_information', $t_bug_data->additional_information );