diff --git a/packages/validate/src/validators.js b/packages/validate/src/validators.js
index f4e1152ef..0af0e0b0d 100644
--- a/packages/validate/src/validators.js
+++ b/packages/validate/src/validators.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { normalizeDateTime } from '@lion/localize';
+
 export const isString = value => typeof value === 'string';
 export const isStringValidator = () => [(...params) => ({ isString: isString(...params) })];
 
@@ -61,20 +63,20 @@ export const isDate = value =>
   Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object Date]' && !Number.isNaN(value.getTime());
 export const isDateValidator = () => [(...params) => ({ isDate: isDate(...params) })];
 
-export const minDate = (value, min) => isDate(value) && value >= min;
+export const minDate = (value, min) => isDate(value) && value >= normalizeDateTime(min);
 export const minDateValidator = (...factoryParams) => [
   (...params) => ({ minDate: minDate(...params) }),
   ...factoryParams,
 ];
 
-export const maxDate = (value, max) => isDate(value) && value <= max;
+export const maxDate = (value, max) => isDate(value) && value <= normalizeDateTime(max);
 export const maxDateValidator = (...factoryParams) => [
   (...params) => ({ maxDate: maxDate(...params) }),
   ...factoryParams,
 ];
 
 export const minMaxDate = (value, { min = 0, max = 0 }) =>
-  isDate(value) && value >= min && value <= max;
+  isDate(value) && value >= normalizeDateTime(min) && value <= normalizeDateTime(max);
 export const minMaxDateValidator = (...factoryParams) => [
   (...params) => ({ minMaxDate: minMaxDate(...params) }),
   ...factoryParams,
diff --git a/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js b/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js
index 6e4e902a9..3a3262574 100644
--- a/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js
+++ b/packages/validate/test/validators.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
+import { normalizeDateTime } from '@lion/localize';
 import { smokeTestValidator } from '../test-helpers.js';
 
 import {
@@ -134,11 +135,17 @@ describe('LionValidate', () => {
     it('provides minDate() to allow only dates after min', () => {
       expect(minDate(new Date('2018-02-03'), new Date('2018/02/02'))).to.be.true;
       expect(minDate(new Date('2018-02-01'), new Date('2018/02/02'))).to.be.false;
+      const today = new Date();
+      const todayFormatted = normalizeDateTime(today);
+      expect(minDate(todayFormatted, today)).to.be.true;
     });
 
     it('provides maxDate() to allow only dates before max', () => {
       expect(maxDate(new Date('2018-02-01'), new Date('2018/02/02'))).to.be.true;
       expect(maxDate(new Date('2018-02-03'), new Date('2018/02/02'))).to.be.false;
+      const today = new Date();
+      const todayFormatted = normalizeDateTime(today);
+      expect(maxDate(todayFormatted, today)).to.be.true;
     });
 
     it('provides minMaxDate() to allow only dates between min and max', () => {
@@ -149,6 +156,9 @@ describe('LionValidate', () => {
       expect(minMaxDate(new Date('2018/02/03'), minMaxSetting)).to.be.true;
       expect(minMaxDate(new Date('2018/02/01'), minMaxSetting)).to.be.false;
       expect(minMaxDate(new Date('2018/02/05'), minMaxSetting)).to.be.false;
+      const today = new Date();
+      const todayFormatted = normalizeDateTime(today);
+      expect(minMaxDate(todayFormatted, { min: today, max: today })).to.be.true;
     });
 
     it('provides isDateDisabled() to disable dates matching specified condition', () => {