diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 7cfd332..3e069e9 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 
         var Bitcore = require('bitcore-lib-dash');
         var apiserversocket = 'https://dev-test.dash.org:3001/';
+
         //number of days to have as buffer for proposal start date before jumping to next month
         var bufferdays = 3;
         var blockheight;
         var progresstxt = "As of yet your transaction has 0 confirmations. We'll wait for 6 confirmations until you can submit your proposal. Waiting for new blocks to confirm...";
+
         var gov = new Bitcore.GovObject.Proposal();
 
         $(document).ready(function() {
@@ -395,11 +397,14 @@
             // format dates for gobject serialization
             var start_epoch = $('#start_epoch');
             var startdate = formattedDateForSuperblockHeight(start_epoch.val());
+
             console.log('startdate: ' + startdate);
-            this.gov.start_epoch = (new Date(startdate)) || null;
+            this.gov.start_epoch = (new Date(startdate) / 1000) || null;
+
             var enddate = formattedDateForSuperblockHeight(start_epoch.val(),$('#end_epoch').val());
             console.log('enddate: ' + enddate);
-            this.gov.end_epoch = (new Date(enddate)) || null;
+
+            this.gov.end_epoch = (new Date(enddate) / 1000) || null;
 
             // hidden elements
             this.gov.type = parseInt($('#type').val());