diff --git a/site/app_controller.php b/site/app_controller.php
index fd73846..c081397 100644
--- a/site/app_controller.php
+++ b/site/app_controller.php
@@ -948,13 +948,22 @@ class AppController extends Controller {
 			  'value' => $params['filtValue']);
     }
 
+    // Translate a user specified date into the SQL date format
+    foreach ($searches AS &$search) {
+      if (preg_match('/(_date|stamp)$/', $search['field']) &&
+	  preg_match('%(\d{1,2})[-/](\d{1,2})[-/](\d{2,4})%', $search['value'], $matches)) {
+	$search['value'] = sprintf('%04d%02d%02d', $matches[3], $matches[2], $matches[1]);
+      }
+    }
+    unset($search);
+
     $ops = array('eq' => array('op' => null,   'pre' => '',  'post' => ''),
 		 'ne' => array('op' => '<>',   'pre' => '',  'post' => ''),
 		 'lt' => array('op' => '<',    'pre' => '',  'post' => ''),
 		 'le' => array('op' => '<=',   'pre' => '',  'post' => ''),
 		 'gt' => array('op' => '>',    'pre' => '',  'post' => ''),
 		 'ge' => array('op' => '>=',   'pre' => '',  'post' => ''),
-		 'in' => array('op' => 'IN',   'pre' => '(', 'post' => ')'),
+		 'in' => array('op' => 'IN',   'pre' => '(', 'post' => ')'),
 		 'bw' => array('op' => 'LIKE', 'pre' => '',  'post' => '%'),
 		 'ew' => array('op' => 'LIKE', 'pre' => '%', 'post' => ''),
 		 'cn' => array('op' => 'LIKE', 'pre' => '%', 'post' => '%'),
@@ -1157,7 +1166,7 @@ class AppController extends Controller {
   }
 
   function gridDataOutputSummary(&$params, &$model, $pagination) {
-    if ($params['debug'])
+    if ($params['debug'])
       echo " <params><![CDATA[\n" . print_r($params, true) . "\n]]></params>\n";
     echo " <page>{$pagination['page']}</page>\n";
     echo " <total>{$pagination['total']}</total>\n";