diff --git a/src/common/variant.cpp b/src/common/variant.cpp
index 6df6999ab1..f9682d8e9d 100644
--- a/src/common/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/common/variant.cpp
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ bool wxVariant::Convert(wxDateTime* value) const
     }
     // Fallback to string conversion
     wxString val;
-    return Convert(&val) && (value->ParseDate(val));
+    return Convert(&val) && (value->ParseDateTime(val) || value->ParseDate());
 }
 #endif // wxUSE_DATETIME