diff --git a/src/app/tape/tmainwindow.ui b/src/app/tape/tmainwindow.ui
index 80c7465fe..3afce86c5 100644
--- a/src/app/tape/tmainwindow.ui
+++ b/src/app/tape/tmainwindow.ui
@@ -637,6 +637,19 @@
           <property name="displayFormat">
            <string>yyyy-MM-dd</string>
           </property>
+          <property name="calendarPopup">
+           <bool>true</bool>
+          </property>
+          <property name="currentSectionIndex">
+           <number>0</number>
+          </property>
+          <property name="date">
+           <date>
+            <year>1800</year>
+            <month>1</month>
+            <day>1</day>
+           </date>
+          </property>
          </widget>
         </item>
         <item row="7" column="0">
diff --git a/src/libs/vformat/vmeasurements.cpp b/src/libs/vformat/vmeasurements.cpp
index f07e8c22a..4479fbd5e 100644
--- a/src/libs/vformat/vmeasurements.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/vformat/vmeasurements.cpp
@@ -365,8 +365,7 @@ void VMeasurements::SetGivenName(const QString &text)
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 QDate VMeasurements::BirthDate() const
 {
-    const QString date = UniqueTagText(TagBirthDate, "1990-02-15");
-    return QDate::fromString(date, "yyyy-MM-dd");
+    return QDate::fromString(UniqueTagText(TagBirthDate), "yyyy-MM-dd");
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -699,11 +698,7 @@ void VMeasurements::CreateEmptyIndividualFile(Unit unit)
     QDomElement personal = createElement(TagPersonal);
     personal.appendChild(createElement(TagFamilyName));
     personal.appendChild(createElement(TagGivenName));
-
-    QDomElement date = createElement(TagBirthDate);
-    const QDomText newDate = createTextNode(QDate(1990, 02, 15).toString("yyyy-MM-dd"));
-    date.appendChild(newDate);
-    personal.appendChild(date);
+    personal.appendChild(createElement(TagBirthDate));
 
     QDomElement gender = createElement(TagGender);
     gender.appendChild(createTextNode(GenderToStr(GenderType::Unknown)));