diff --git a/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js b/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js
index 9fa203d36..0c7ecce8d 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js
+++ b/packages/calendar/src/LionCalendar.js
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { html, LitElement } from '@lion/core';
-import { localize, getWeekdayNames, getMonthNames, LocalizeMixin } from '@lion/localize';
+import {
+  localize,
+  getWeekdayNames,
+  getMonthNames,
+  normalizeDateTime,
+  LocalizeMixin,
+} from '@lion/localize';
 import '@lion/core/src/differentKeyEventNamesShimIE.js';
 import { createMultipleMonth } from './utils/createMultipleMonth.js';
 import { dayTemplate } from './utils/dayTemplate.js';
@@ -9,7 +15,6 @@ import { getLastDayPreviousMonth } from './utils/getLastDayPreviousMonth.js';
 import { isSameDate } from './utils/isSameDate.js';
 import { calendarStyle } from './calendarStyle.js';
 import { createDay } from './utils/createDay.js';
-import { normalizeDateTime } from './utils/normalizeDateTime.js';
 
 /**
  * @customElement
diff --git a/packages/localize/index.js b/packages/localize/index.js
index 696dc5379..28534aa83 100644
--- a/packages/localize/index.js
+++ b/packages/localize/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ export { formatDate } from './src/date/formatDate.js';
 export { getDateFormatBasedOnLocale } from './src/date/getDateFormatBasedOnLocale.js';
 export { getMonthNames } from './src/date/getMonthNames.js';
 export { getWeekdayNames } from './src/date/getWeekdayNames.js';
+export { normalizeDateTime } from './src/date/normalizeDateTime.js';
 export { parseDate } from './src/date/parseDate.js';
 export { formatNumber } from './src/number/formatNumber.js';
 export { formatNumberToParts } from './src/number/formatNumberToParts.js';
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/date/formatDate.js b/packages/localize/src/date/formatDate.js
index 3353a7989..d72599c84 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/date/formatDate.js
+++ b/packages/localize/src/date/formatDate.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { getLocale } from './getLocale.js';
-import { normalizeDate } from './normalizeDate.js';
+import { normalizeIntlDate } from './normalizeIntlDate.js';
 
 /**
  * Formats date based on locale and options
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ export function formatDate(date, options) {
   } catch (e) {
     formattedDate = '';
   }
-  return normalizeDate(formattedDate);
+  return normalizeIntlDate(formattedDate);
 }
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/date/getMonthNames.js b/packages/localize/src/date/getMonthNames.js
index cb6388a0d..66841bb24 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/date/getMonthNames.js
+++ b/packages/localize/src/date/getMonthNames.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { normalizeDate } from './normalizeDate.js';
+import { normalizeIntlDate } from './normalizeIntlDate.js';
 
 const monthsLocaleCache = {};
 
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const monthsLocaleCache = {};
  * @desc Returns month names for locale
  * @param {string} options.locale locale
  * @param {string} [options.style=long] long, short or narrow
- * @returns {Array} like: ['Januray', 'February', ...etc].
+ * @returns {Array} like: ['January', 'February', ...etc].
  */
 export function getMonthNames({ locale, style = 'long' } = {}) {
   let months = monthsLocaleCache[locale] && monthsLocaleCache[locale][style];
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export function getMonthNames({ locale, style = 'long' } = {}) {
   for (let i = 0; i < 12; i += 1) {
     const date = new Date(2019, i, 1);
     const formattedDate = formatter.format(date);
-    const normalizedDate = normalizeDate(formattedDate);
+    const normalizedDate = normalizeIntlDate(formattedDate);
     months.push(normalizedDate);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/date/getWeekdayNames.js b/packages/localize/src/date/getWeekdayNames.js
index aec20bb12..03f9d2727 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/date/getWeekdayNames.js
+++ b/packages/localize/src/date/getWeekdayNames.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { normalizeDate } from './normalizeDate.js';
+import { normalizeIntlDate } from './normalizeIntlDate.js';
 
 const weekdayNamesCache = {};
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function getCachedWeekdayNames(locale) {
     const date = new Date('2019/04/07'); // start from Sunday
     for (let i = 0; i < 7; i += 1) {
       const weekday = formatter.format(date);
-      const normalizedWeekday = normalizeDate(weekday);
+      const normalizedWeekday = normalizeIntlDate(weekday);
       weekdays.push(normalizedWeekday);
       date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1);
     }
diff --git a/packages/calendar/src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js b/packages/localize/src/date/normalizeDateTime.js
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/calendar/src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js
rename to packages/localize/src/date/normalizeDateTime.js
diff --git a/packages/localize/src/date/normalizeDate.js b/packages/localize/src/date/normalizeIntlDate.js
similarity index 91%
rename from packages/localize/src/date/normalizeDate.js
rename to packages/localize/src/date/normalizeIntlDate.js
index 83f6dc0a6..c606f44f9 100644
--- a/packages/localize/src/date/normalizeDate.js
+++ b/packages/localize/src/date/normalizeIntlDate.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * @param str
  * @returns {string}
  */
-export function normalizeDate(str) {
+export function normalizeIntlDate(str) {
   const dateString = [];
   for (let i = 0, n = str.length; i < n; i += 1) {
     // remove unicode 160
diff --git a/packages/calendar/test/utils/normalizeDateTime.test.js b/packages/localize/test/date/normalizeDateTime.test.js
similarity index 87%
rename from packages/calendar/test/utils/normalizeDateTime.test.js
rename to packages/localize/test/date/normalizeDateTime.test.js
index f8121df9f..4578334c8 100644
--- a/packages/calendar/test/utils/normalizeDateTime.test.js
+++ b/packages/localize/test/date/normalizeDateTime.test.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { expect } from '@open-wc/testing';
-import { normalizeDateTime } from '../../src/utils/normalizeDateTime.js';
+import { normalizeDateTime } from '../../src/date/normalizeDateTime.js';
 
 describe('normalizeDateTime', () => {
   it('returns a date with hours, minutes and seconds set to 0', () => {
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', () => {