diff --git a/src/components/forms/DateField/utils.ts b/src/components/forms/DateField/utils.ts
index c787272fe8..853e009b0c 100644
--- a/src/components/forms/DateField/utils.ts
+++ b/src/components/forms/DateField/utils.ts
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ import {getLocales} from 'expo-localization'
 
 const LOCALE = getLocales()[0]
 
-// we need the date in the form yyyy-MM-dd to pass to the input
-export function toSimpleDateString(date: Date | string): string {
-  const _date = typeof date === 'string' ? new Date(date) : date
-  return _date.toISOString().split('T')[0]
-}
+export {toSimpleDateString} from '#/lib/strings/time'
 
 export function localizeDate(date: Date | string): string {
   const _date = typeof date === 'string' ? new Date(date) : date