diff --git a/client/src/js/components/bhDateEditor.js b/client/src/js/components/bhDateEditor.js
index a3820d6799..de507c0437 100644
--- a/client/src/js/components/bhDateEditor.js
+++ b/client/src/js/components/bhDateEditor.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ angular.module('bhima.components')
       dateValue : '<', // one-way binding
       onChange : '&',
       minDate : '<?',
+      // required : '<?', // FIXME(@jniles) - finish this
       maxDate : '<?',
       allowFutureDate : '<?',
       disabled : '<?',
diff --git a/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.html b/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.html
index 8fc078c5ea..40a4101d17 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.html
+++ b/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.html
@@ -22,11 +22,12 @@
       </div>
     </div>
 
-      <bh-date-editor
-        date-value="OffdayModalCtrl.offday.date"
-        on-change="OffdayModalCtrl.onDateChange(date)"
-        allow-future-date="true">
-      </bh-date-editor>
+    <bh-date-editor
+      id="offday-date-editor"
+      date-value="OffdayModalCtrl.offday.date"
+      on-change="OffdayModalCtrl.onDateChange(date)"
+      allow-future-date="true">
+    </bh-date-editor>
 
     <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error' : OffdayForm.$submitted && OffdayForm.percent_pay.$invalid }">
       <label class="control-label" translate>FORM.LABELS.PERCENTAGE</label> (%)
diff --git a/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.js b/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.js
index 3a06d623eb..5e71afd5ca 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.js
+++ b/client/src/modules/offdays/modals/offday.modal.js
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ OffdayModalController.$inject = [
   '$state', 'OffdayService', 'NotifyService', 'appcache', 'moment', 'params',
 ];
 
+/**
+ * @function OffdayModalController
+ *
+ * @description
+ * This modal sets the offdays for the payroll module.
+ */
 function OffdayModalController($state, Offdays, Notify, AppCache, moment, params) {
   const vm = this;
   vm.offday = {};
@@ -13,11 +19,9 @@ function OffdayModalController($state, Offdays, Notify, AppCache, moment, params
 
   if (params.isCreateState || params.id) {
     cache.stateParams = params;
-    vm.stateParams = cache.stateParams;
-  } else {
-    vm.stateParams = cache.stateParams;
   }
 
+  vm.stateParams = cache.stateParams;
   vm.isCreateState = vm.stateParams.isCreateState;
 
   // update the date
@@ -41,11 +45,13 @@ function OffdayModalController($state, Offdays, Notify, AppCache, moment, params
   function submit(offdayForm) {
     if (offdayForm.$invalid) { return 0; }
 
-    vm.offday.date = moment(vm.offday.date).format('YYYY-MM-DD');
+    const data = { ...vm.offday };
+
+    data.date = moment(data.date).format('YYYY-MM-DD');
 
     const promise = (vm.isCreateState)
-      ? Offdays.create(vm.offday)
-      : Offdays.update(vm.offday.id, vm.offday);
+      ? Offdays.create(data)
+      : Offdays.update(vm.offday.id, data);
 
     return promise
       .then(() => {
diff --git a/client/src/modules/templates/bhDateEditor.tmpl.html b/client/src/modules/templates/bhDateEditor.tmpl.html
index d8d269bb7b..3a62978eba 100644
--- a/client/src/modules/templates/bhDateEditor.tmpl.html
+++ b/client/src/modules/templates/bhDateEditor.tmpl.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     ng-class="{ 'has-error' : DateEditorForm.$submitted && DateEditorForm.$invalid } "
     data-date-editor>
 
-    <label class="control-label" translate>
+    <label class="control-label" bh-date-editor-label translate>
       {{ $ctrl.label }}
     </label>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         data-date-editor-input
         ng-readonly="!$ctrl.editMode"
         ng-disabled="$ctrl.disabled"
-        ng-required="required">
+        ng-required="$ctrl.required">
       <span class="input-group-btn">
         <button
           type="button"
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.page.js b/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.page.js
index 38968f75cf..530bd62c85 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.page.js
+++ b/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.page.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class OffdayPage {
     await FU.buttons.create();
     await FU.input('OffdayModalCtrl.offday.label', offday.label);
 
-    components.dateEditor.set(new Date(offday.date), null, '[uib-modal] .title');
+    await components.dateEditor.set(offday.date, 'offday-date-editor');
 
     await FU.input('OffdayModalCtrl.offday.percent_pay', offday.percent_pay);
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class OffdayPage {
 
     await FU.input('OffdayModalCtrl.offday.label', updateOffday.label);
 
-    components.dateEditor.set(new Date(updateOffday.date), null, '[uib-modal] .title');
+    await components.dateEditor.set(updateOffday.date, 'offday-date-editor');
 
     await FU.input('OffdayModalCtrl.offday.percent_pay', updateOffday.percent_pay);
 
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.spec.js b/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.spec.js
index 47cdb93a7d..862cedb481 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.spec.js
+++ b/test/end-to-end/offdays/offdays.spec.js
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ describe('Offdays Management', () => {
 
   const offday = {
     label         : 'Fete de Parent',
-    date          : '2017-08-01',
+    date          : new Date('2017-08-01'),
     percent_pay   : 100,
   };
 
   const updateOffday = {
     label         : 'Vingt',
-    date          : '2017-11-24',
+    date          : new Date('2017-11-24'),
     percent_pay   : 100,
   };
 
diff --git a/test/end-to-end/shared/components/bhDateEditor.js b/test/end-to-end/shared/components/bhDateEditor.js
index dcabf53277..d779ed82af 100644
--- a/test/end-to-end/shared/components/bhDateEditor.js
+++ b/test/end-to-end/shared/components/bhDateEditor.js
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ module.exports = {
    * @param {String} elementClick - determine a css class that will clicked to
    *   close the selection component Dates.
    */
-  set : async function set(date, id, elementClick) {
-    const elementCloseComponent = elementClick || '.header-image';
+  set : async (date, id, elementClick) => {
+    const elementCloseComponent = elementClick || '[bh-date-editor-label]';
 
     // fail hard if the user did not pass into
     /* if (!(date instanceof Date)) {