diff --git a/src/admin/components/AdminDatePicker.tsx b/src/admin/components/AdminDatePicker.tsx
index 27d93fd..3e59f18 100644
--- a/src/admin/components/AdminDatePicker.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/components/AdminDatePicker.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ interface NativeInputProps {
   minDate?: string;
   maxDate?: string;
   disabled?: boolean;
+  placeholder?: string;
 }
 
 const modeToInputType: Record<string, string> = {
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ function NativeInput({
   minDate,
   maxDate,
   disabled,
+  placeholder,
 }: NativeInputProps) {
   const type = modeToInputType[mode] || "date";
   // For time inputs, min/max must be in HH:mm format, not date format
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ function NativeInput({
       value={value || ""}
       onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
       className="admin-form-input"
+      placeholder={placeholder}
       required={required}
       disabled={disabled}
       min={minProp}
@@ -126,6 +129,12 @@ export default function AdminDatePicker({
 }: AdminDatePickerProps) {
   const useNative = isTouchDevice();
 
+  // Mode-aware default placeholder so empty date fields always show a format
+  // hint (callers can still override, e.g. "Od"/"Do" on range filters).
+  const effectivePlaceholder =
+    placeholder ??
+    (mode === "time" ? "hh:mm" : mode === "month" ? "mm.rrrr" : "dd.mm.rrrr");
+
   if (useNative) {
     return (
       <NativeInput
@@ -136,6 +145,7 @@ export default function AdminDatePicker({
         minDate={minDate}
         maxDate={maxDate}
         disabled={disabled}
+        placeholder={effectivePlaceholder}
       />
     );
   }
@@ -181,7 +191,7 @@ export default function AdminDatePicker({
   const customInput = (
     <CustomInput
       required={required}
-      placeholder={placeholder}
+      placeholder={effectivePlaceholder}
       disabled={disabled}
     />
   );
@@ -191,7 +201,7 @@ export default function AdminDatePicker({
     onChange: handleChange,
     locale: "cs",
     customInput,
-    placeholderText: placeholder,
+    placeholderText: effectivePlaceholder,
     minDate: parseMinMax(minDate),
     maxDate: parseMinMax(maxDate),
     popperPlacement: "bottom-start" as const,
diff --git a/src/admin/pages/Projects.tsx b/src/admin/pages/Projects.tsx
index b9a5416..2194b45 100644
--- a/src/admin/pages/Projects.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/pages/Projects.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { motion } from "framer-motion";
 import ConfirmModal from "../components/ConfirmModal";
 import FormModal from "../components/FormModal";
 import FormField from "../components/FormField";
+import AdminDatePicker from "../components/AdminDatePicker";
 
 import { formatDate, czechPlural } from "../utils/formatters";
 import SortIcon from "../components/SortIcon";
@@ -530,23 +531,21 @@ export default function Projects() {
 
           <div className="admin-form-row">
             <FormField label="Začátek">
-              <input
-                type="date"
+              <AdminDatePicker
+                mode="date"
                 value={createForm.start_date}
-                onChange={(e) =>
-                  setCreateForm({ ...createForm, start_date: e.target.value })
+                onChange={(val) =>
+                  setCreateForm({ ...createForm, start_date: val })
                 }
-                className="admin-form-input"
               />
             </FormField>
             <FormField label="Konec">
-              <input
-                type="date"
+              <AdminDatePicker
+                mode="date"
                 value={createForm.end_date}
-                onChange={(e) =>
-                  setCreateForm({ ...createForm, end_date: e.target.value })
+                onChange={(val) =>
+                  setCreateForm({ ...createForm, end_date: val })
                 }
-                className="admin-form-input"
               />
             </FormField>
           </div>
diff --git a/src/admin/pages/WarehouseReceiptForm.tsx b/src/admin/pages/WarehouseReceiptForm.tsx
index 5818e6e..9969536 100644
--- a/src/admin/pages/WarehouseReceiptForm.tsx
+++ b/src/admin/pages/WarehouseReceiptForm.tsx
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ export default function WarehouseReceiptForm() {
                       delivery_note_date: val,
                     }))
                   }
-                  placeholder="dd.mm.yyyy"
                 />
               </FormField>
             </div>