diff --git a/brewman/brewman/views/attendance.py b/brewman/brewman/views/attendance.py
index 82264e09..9333eb54 100644
--- a/brewman/brewman/views/attendance.py
+++ b/brewman/brewman/views/attendance.py
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ def employee_attendance_report(request):
 
 
 def employee_attendance(employee, start_date, finish_date):
+    if not isinstance(start_date, datetime.datetime):
+        start_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(start_date, '%d-%b-%Y')
+    if not isinstance(finish_date, datetime.datetime):
+        finish_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(finish_date, '%d-%b-%Y')
     list = []
     for item in daterange(start_date, finish_date, inclusive=True):
         att = DBSession.query(Attendance)\