diff --git a/packages/localize/src/formatDate.js b/packages/localize/src/formatDate.js
index ab5352b86..ddfbbbaa2 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/formatDate.js
+++ b/packages/localize/src/formatDate.js
@@ -206,25 +206,25 @@ export function parseDate(date) {
   let parsedString;
   switch (memoizedGetDateFormatBasedOnLocale()) {
     case 'day-month-year':
-      parsedString = `${stringToParse.slice(6, 10)}-${stringToParse.slice(
+      parsedString = `${stringToParse.slice(6, 10)}/${stringToParse.slice(
         3,
         5,
-      )}-${stringToParse.slice(0, 2)}T00:00:00Z`;
+      )}/${stringToParse.slice(0, 2)}`;
       break;
     case 'month-day-year':
-      parsedString = `${stringToParse.slice(6, 10)}-${stringToParse.slice(
+      parsedString = `${stringToParse.slice(6, 10)}/${stringToParse.slice(
         0,
         2,
-      )}-${stringToParse.slice(3, 5)}T00:00:00Z`;
+      )}/${stringToParse.slice(3, 5)}`;
       break;
     case 'year-month-day':
-      parsedString = `${stringToParse.slice(0, 4)}-${stringToParse.slice(
+      parsedString = `${stringToParse.slice(0, 4)}/${stringToParse.slice(
         5,
         7,
-      )}-${stringToParse.slice(8, 10)}T00:00:00Z`;
+      )}/${stringToParse.slice(8, 10)}`;
       break;
     default:
-      parsedString = '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z';
+      parsedString = '0000/00/00';
   }
   const parsedDate = new Date(parsedString);
   // Check if parsedDate is not `Invalid Date`
diff --git a/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js b/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js
index fcf0f6f25..b2c57b0c9 100644
--- a/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test/LocalizeManager.test.js
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ describe('LocalizeManager', () => {
         date: 'I was written on {today, date}.',
         number: 'You have {n, plural, =0 {no photos.} =1 {one photo.} other {# photos.}}',
       });
-      const today = new Date('2018-04-30');
+      const today = new Date('2018/04/30');
       expect(removeLtrRtl(manager.msg('my-ns:date', { today }))).to.equal(
         'I was written on 30 Apr 2018.',
       );
diff --git a/packages/localize/test/formatDate.test.js b/packages/localize/test/formatDate.test.js
index 544c190d6..3276488e2 100644
--- a/packages/localize/test/formatDate.test.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test/formatDate.test.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 
 describe('formatDate', () => {
   it('displays the appropriate date based on locale', async () => {
-    const testDate = new Date('2012-05-21T00:00:00Z');
+    const testDate = new Date('2012/05/21');
 
     expect(formatDate(testDate)).to.equal('21/05/2012');
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('formatDate', () => {
   });
 
   it('displays the date based on options', async () => {
-    const testDate = new Date('2012-05-21T00:00:00Z');
+    const testDate = new Date('2012/05/21');
     const options = {
       weekday: 'long',
       year: 'numeric',
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ describe('parseDate()', () => {
       Object.prototype.toString.call(value) === '[object Date]' && // is Date Object
       value.getDate() === date.getDate() && // day
       value.getMonth() === date.getMonth() && // month
-      value.getFullYear() === date.getFullYear()
-    ); // year
+      value.getFullYear() === date.getFullYear() // year
+    );
   }
 
   afterEach(() => {
@@ -129,22 +129,22 @@ describe('parseDate()', () => {
     document.documentElement.lang = 'en-GB';
   });
   it('adds leading zeros', () => {
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('1-1-1979'), new Date('1979-01-01'))).to.equal(true);
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('1-11-1979'), new Date('1979-11-01'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('1-1-1979'), new Date('1979/01/01'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('1-11-1979'), new Date('1979/11/01'))).to.equal(true);
   });
   it('creates a date object', () => {
     expect(parseDate('10/10/2000') instanceof Date).to.equal(true);
   });
   it('returns a date object', () => {
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('1-1-1979'), new Date('1979-01-01'))).to.equal(true);
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('31.12.1970'), new Date('1970-12-31'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('1-1-1979'), new Date('1979/01/01'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('31.12.1970'), new Date('1970/12/31'))).to.equal(true);
   });
   it('handles all kind of delimiters', () => {
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('12.12.1976'), new Date('1976-12-12'))).to.equal(true);
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('13.12.1976'), new Date('1976-12-13'))).to.equal(true);
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('14.12.1976'), new Date('1976-12-14'))).to.equal(true);
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('14.12-1976'), new Date('1976-12-14'))).to.equal(true);
-    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('14-12/1976'), new Date('1976-12-14'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('12.12.1976'), new Date('1976/12/12'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('13.12.1976'), new Date('1976/12/13'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('14.12.1976'), new Date('1976/12/14'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('14.12-1976'), new Date('1976/12/14'))).to.equal(true);
+    expect(equalsDate(parseDate('14-12/1976'), new Date('1976/12/14'))).to.equal(true);
   });
   it('return undefined when no valid date provided', () => {
     expect(parseDate('12.12.1976.,')).to.equal(undefined);