diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/i18n/displayStrings.properties b/core/src/main/resources/i18n/displayStrings.properties
index bd5fd605eed..20389ba87d5 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/i18n/displayStrings.properties
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/i18n/displayStrings.properties
@@ -2935,6 +2935,10 @@ seed.warn.walletNotEmpty.emptyWallet=I will empty my wallets first
 seed.warn.notEncryptedAnymore=Your wallets are encrypted.\n\n\
 After restore, the wallets will no longer be encrypted and you must set a new password.\n\n\
 Do you want to proceed?
+seed.warn.walletDateEmpty=As you have not specified a wallet date, bisq will have to scan the blockchain from 2013.10.09 (the BIP39 epoch date).\n\n\
+BIP39 wallets were first introduced in bisq on 2017.06.28 (release v0.5).  So you could save time by using that date.\n\n\
+Ideally you should specify the date your wallet seed was created.\n\n\n\
+Are you sure you want to go ahead without specifying a wallet date?
 seed.restore.success=Wallets restored successfully with the new seed words.\n\nYou need to shut down and restart the application.
 seed.restore.error=An error occurred when restoring the wallets with seed words.{0}
 
diff --git a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/account/content/seedwords/SeedWordsView.java b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/account/content/seedwords/SeedWordsView.java
index 4487cdc7b8a..13c9bc49ee2 100644
--- a/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/account/content/seedwords/SeedWordsView.java
+++ b/desktop/src/main/java/bisq/desktop/main/account/content/seedwords/SeedWordsView.java
@@ -239,6 +239,19 @@ private void onRestore() {
     private void checkIfEncrypted() {
         if (walletsManager.areWalletsEncrypted()) {
             new Popup().information(Res.get("seed.warn.notEncryptedAnymore"))
+                    .closeButtonText(Res.get("shared.no"))
+                    .actionButtonText(Res.get("shared.yes"))
+                    .onAction(this::doRestoreDateCheck)
+                    .show();
+        } else {
+            doRestoreDateCheck();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void doRestoreDateCheck() {
+        if (restoreDatePicker.getValue() == null) {
+            // Provide feedback when attempting to restore a wallet from seed words without specifying a date
+            new Popup().information(Res.get("seed.warn.walletDateEmpty"))
                     .closeButtonText(Res.get("shared.no"))
                     .actionButtonText(Res.get("shared.yes"))
                     .onAction(this::doRestore)
@@ -248,7 +261,7 @@ private void checkIfEncrypted() {
         }
     }
 
-    private void doRestore() {
+    private LocalDate getWalletDate() {
         LocalDate walletDate = restoreDatePicker.getValue();
         // Even though no current Bisq wallet could have been created before the v0.5 release date (2017.06.28),
         // the user may want to import from a seed generated by another wallet.
@@ -264,7 +277,11 @@ private void doRestore() {
         } else if (walletDate.isAfter(LocalDate.now())) {
             walletDate = LocalDate.now();
         }
+        return walletDate;
+    }
 
+    private void doRestore() {
+        LocalDate walletDate = getWalletDate();
         // We subtract 1 day to be sure to not have any issues with timezones. Even if we can be sure that the timezone
         // is handled correctly it could be that the user created the wallet in one timezone and make a restore at
         // a different timezone which could lead in the worst case that he miss the first day of the wallet transactions.