diff --git a/packages/drops/src/DropsClient.ts b/packages/drops/src/DropsClient.ts
index 67337bff..a2c102a8 100644
--- a/packages/drops/src/DropsClient.ts
+++ b/packages/drops/src/DropsClient.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   createOrderBy,
   createBoolFilter,
   createLikeFilter,
+  toPOAPDate,
 } from '@poap-xyz/utils';
 import { Drop } from './domain/Drop';
 import {
@@ -148,9 +149,18 @@ export class DropsClient {
       description: input.description,
       city: input.city,
       country: input.country,
-      start_date: input.startDate,
-      end_date: input.endDate,
-      expiry_date: input.expiryDate,
+      start_date:
+        input.startDate instanceof Date
+          ? toPOAPDate(input.startDate)
+          : input.startDate,
+      end_date:
+        input.endDate instanceof Date
+          ? toPOAPDate(input.endDate)
+          : input.endDate,
+      expiry_date:
+        input.expiryDate instanceof Date
+          ? toPOAPDate(input.expiryDate)
+          : input.expiryDate,
       event_url: input.eventUrl,
       virtual_event: input.virtualEvent,
       image: input.image,
diff --git a/packages/drops/src/types/CreateDropsInput.ts b/packages/drops/src/types/CreateDropsInput.ts
index 8ca18aa0..0ea880fb 100644
--- a/packages/drops/src/types/CreateDropsInput.ts
+++ b/packages/drops/src/types/CreateDropsInput.ts
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ export interface CreateDropsInput {
   description: string;
   city: string;
   country: string;
-  startDate: string;
-  endDate: string;
-  expiryDate: string;
+  startDate: string | Date;
+  endDate: string | Date;
+  expiryDate: string | Date;
   eventUrl: string;
   virtualEvent: boolean;
   image: Blob;
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/format/index.ts b/packages/utils/src/format/index.ts
index 9aa215bd..dbf78c49 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/format/index.ts
+++ b/packages/utils/src/format/index.ts
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 export * from './removeSpecialCharacters';
+export * from './toPOAPDate';
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/format/toPOAPDate.ts b/packages/utils/src/format/toPOAPDate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c85b3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/format/toPOAPDate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+export function toPOAPDate(date: Date): string {
+  return date
+    .toLocaleDateString('en-US', {
+      month: '2-digit',
+      day: '2-digit',
+      year: 'numeric',
+    })
+    .replace(/\//g, '-');
+}