diff --git a/app/src/View/Helper/FieldHelper.php b/app/src/View/Helper/FieldHelper.php
index 6a09398f0..8d50b4f41 100644
--- a/app/src/View/Helper/FieldHelper.php
+++ b/app/src/View/Helper/FieldHelper.php
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ public function dateField(string $fieldName,
     // Initialize
     $dateFormat = $dateType === DateTypeEnum::DateOnly ? 'yyyy-MM-dd' : 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss';
     $dateTitle = $dateType === DateTypeEnum::DateOnly ? 'datepicker.enterDate' : 'datepicker.enterDateTime';
-    $datePattern = $dateType === DateTypeEnum::DateOnly ? '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}' : '\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}';
+    $datePattern = $dateType === DateTypeEnum::DateOnly ? 
+      '\d{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])' : 
+      '\d{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01]) (0\d|1\d|2[0-3]):(0\d|[1-5]\d):(0\d|[1-5]\d)';
     $queryParams = $this->getView()->getRequest()->getQueryParams();
 
     $date_object = match(true) {
@@ -332,8 +334,8 @@ public function dateField(string $fieldName,
       default => $dateType
     };
 
-    // Append the timezone to the label
-    $coptions['class'] = 'form-control datepicker';
+    // Set the attributes for the field
+    $coptions['class'] = 'form-control datepicker ' . $pickerType;
     $coptions['placeholder'] = $dateFormat;
     $coptions['pattern'] = $datePattern;
     $coptions['title'] = __d('field', $dateTitle);
diff --git a/app/templates/element/datePicker.php b/app/templates/element/datePicker.php
index 6eda46363..a1f40bb0a 100644
--- a/app/templates/element/datePicker.php
+++ b/app/templates/element/datePicker.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
           pm: "<?= __d('field', 'datepicker.pm') ?>",
           choosetime: "<?= __d('field', 'datepicker.chooseTime') ?>"
         }
-      }
+      };
     },
     components: {
       CmDateTimePicker
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   // is registered and destroyed as the component is mounted and unmounted.
   app.directive("clickout", {
     mounted(el, binding, vnode) {
-      el.clickOutEvent = function (event) {
+      el.clickOutEvent = function(event) {
         if (!(el === event.target || el.contains(event.target))) {
           binding.value(event, el);
         }
@@ -105,3 +105,38 @@
   app.mount("#<?= $pickerId ?>-container");
 </script>
 <div id="<?= $pickerId ?>-container" class="datepicker-container"></div>
+
+<?php if($pickerType != "dateonly"): ?>
+  <div class="cm-tz"><?= $vv_tz->getName() ?></div>
+<?php endif; ?>
+
+<?php
+  /** DATE-TIME KEYBOARD HANDLING
+   * Registry's date and time pickers will automatically set the correct format for date and time.
+   * The date fields also check their validity against a pattern attribute on form submission.
+   * To improve UX when a user enters a date manually with the keyboard, the field can also
+   * check validity against the pattern on blur and "autocorrect" the value when possible.
+   * There are four types of date fields held in $pickerType described by DateTypeEnum (in parentheses):
+   * date-time (standard), date only (dateonly), valid from (fromtime), and valid through (throughtime).
+   * Valid from and standard date-time fields should behave the same way: time should default to 00:00:00 but
+   * can be set explicitly. Valid through needs special treatment for its end-time which defaults to 23:59:59
+   * but can also be set explicitly. The script below handles keyboard interaction independent of the
+   * VueJS widgets because we are acting on a simple text input field that is not directly part of the
+   * Vue components (for accessibility).
+   */
+?>
+<div id="<?= $pickerTarget ?>-msg" class="datepicker-message invalid-feedback">
+  <?= $pickerType == 'dateonly' ? __d('field','datepicker.enterDate') : __d('field','datepicker.enterDateTime') ?>
+</div>
+<script>
+  // Validate on blur for handling keyboard input.
+  $('#<?= $pickerTarget ?>').blur(function() {
+    const regExPattern = $(this).attr('pattern');
+    $(this).val(validateDateFormat($(this).val(), '<?= $pickerType ?>', regExPattern, '<?= $pickerTarget ?>'));
+  });
+  // Hide warning messages on focus.
+  $('#<?= $pickerTarget ?>').on('focus', function() {
+    $('#<?= $pickerTarget ?>-msg').hide();
+    $('#<?= $pickerTarget ?>').removeClass('invalid');
+  });
+</script>
diff --git a/app/webroot/css/co-base.css b/app/webroot/css/co-base.css
index c07b7a294..7580fafcb 100644
--- a/app/webroot/css/co-base.css
+++ b/app/webroot/css/co-base.css
@@ -1785,8 +1785,12 @@ ul.fields li.fields-datepicker {
 ul.fields li.fields-datepicker .field-info {
   width: auto;
   display: flex;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
   align-items: center;
 }
+ul.fields li.fields-datepicker .datepicker-message {
+  flex-basis: 100%;
+}
 ul.form-list input.datepicker {
   width: auto;
 }
@@ -1861,6 +1865,11 @@ ul.form-list .cm-time-picker-vals li {
 .cm-time-picker-colon {
   padding: 0 1em;
 }
+.cm-tz {
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+  margin-left: 0.5em;
+  color: var(--cmg-color-txt-soft);
+}
 /* Autocomplete */
 .cm-autocomplete-panel {
   overflow-y: auto;
@@ -2349,6 +2358,9 @@ address {
 .invalid-feedback {
   font-size: 1em;
 }
+input[type='text'].invalid {
+  border: 1px solid var(--cmg-color-highlight-001) !important;
+}
 .warn-level-a,
 .warn-level-a td {
   background-color: var(--cmg-color-highlight-012);
diff --git a/app/webroot/js/comanage/comanage.js b/app/webroot/js/comanage/comanage.js
index 41af5426e..a47e6635e 100644
--- a/app/webroot/js/comanage/comanage.js
+++ b/app/webroot/js/comanage/comanage.js
@@ -424,3 +424,57 @@ function setApplicationState(value, elem, reload= false) {
     }
   });
 }
+
+// Validate a date and attempt autocompletion by type. This is used primarily with keyboard input.
+// dateVal      - (string) date value from date input field
+// dateType     - (string) type as defined in DateTypeEnum: standard, dateonly, fromtime, throughtime
+// regExPattern - (string) the regular expression pattern held in the field's pattern attribute
+// messageContainerId - (string) the ID of the field message container (for warnings to the user)
+function validateDateFormat(dateVal,dateType,regExPattern,fieldId) {
+  const dateValTrimmed = dateVal.trim();
+  const regexDateField = new RegExp(regExPattern);
+  const regexDateOnly = /^\d{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$/;
+  const regexDateOnlyCompact = /^\d{4}(0[1-9]|1[0-2])(0[1-9]|[12]\d|3[01])$/;
+
+  const showInvalid = () => {
+    $('#' + fieldId + '-msg').show();
+    $('#' + fieldId).addClass('invalid');
+  };
+
+  const expandCompactYmd = (compactYmd) =>
+    compactYmd.replace(/(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2})/, '$1-$2-$3');
+
+  // empty is always OK
+  if(dateValTrimmed === '') {
+    return dateValTrimmed;
+  }
+
+  // already matches the field pattern, accept as-is
+  if(regexDateField.test(dateValTrimmed)) {
+    return dateValTrimmed;
+  }
+
+  const isDateOnly = (dateType === 'dateonly');
+
+  // compact date (yyyymmdd) can be auto-corrected
+  if(regexDateOnlyCompact.test(dateValTrimmed)) {
+    const expanded = expandCompactYmd(dateValTrimmed);
+
+    if(isDateOnly) {
+      return expanded;
+    }
+
+    const endTime = (dateType === 'throughtime') ? ' 23:59:59' : ' 00:00:00';
+    return expanded + endTime;
+  }
+
+  // yyyy-mm-dd can be accepted for datetime fields (append time)
+  if(!isDateOnly && regexDateOnly.test(dateValTrimmed)) {
+    const endTime = (dateType === 'throughtime') ? ' 23:59:59' : ' 00:00:00';
+    return dateValTrimmed + endTime;
+  }
+
+  // anything else is invalid
+  showInvalid();
+  return dateValTrimmed;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/webroot/js/comanage/components/datepicker/cm-datetimepicker.js b/app/webroot/js/comanage/components/datepicker/cm-datetimepicker.js
index c0a4eabf3..4d3b79b0e 100644
--- a/app/webroot/js/comanage/components/datepicker/cm-datetimepicker.js
+++ b/app/webroot/js/comanage/components/datepicker/cm-datetimepicker.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ export default {
           dateField.value = dateTime.join(' ');  
         }
       }
+      this.clearExternalValidationMessages(this.target);
     },
     formatDate(date) {
       let formattedDate = date.getFullYear();
@@ -116,8 +117,25 @@ export default {
       if(type == 'minute') {
         time[1] = val;
       }
+      // Do some basic validation
+      let minutesAndSecondsRegex = /^(0\d|[1-5]\d)$/;
+      if(time[1] === undefined) {
+        // The minutes are missing (including the colon). Restore them.
+        time.push('00');
+      } else if(!minutesAndSecondsRegex.test(time[1])) {
+        // The minutes are invalid. Set them to zero.
+        time[1] = '00';
+      }
+      if(time[2] === undefined) {
+        // The seconds are missing (including the colon). Restore them.
+        time.push('00');
+      } else if(!minutesAndSecondsRegex.test(time[2])) {
+        // The seconds are invalid. Set them to zero.
+        time[2] = '00';
+      }
       dateTime[1] = time.join(':');
       dateField.value = dateTime.join(' ');
+      this.clearExternalValidationMessages(this.target);
     },
     formatToday() {
       const today = new Date();
@@ -127,6 +145,12 @@ export default {
       today.setSeconds(0);
       const formattedToday = this.formatDate(today);
       return formattedToday.split(' ');
+    },
+    clearExternalValidationMessages(fieldId) {
+      // Turn off validation messages that may have been revealed on the input field 
+      // which is outside of this component. (We'll use jQuery for simplicity.)
+      $('#' + fieldId + '-msg').hide();
+      $('#' + fieldId).removeClass('invalid');
     }
   },
   mounted() {