diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0b47c635..cea5d049 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.09.06.16.28.32
+Version 2.6.0-development+timestamp.2013.09.07.21.00.37
diff --git a/gluon/validators.py b/gluon/validators.py
index 5622249f..7b4294f1 100644
--- a/gluon/validators.py
+++ b/gluon/validators.py
@@ -2341,7 +2341,7 @@ class IS_DATETIME(Validator):
             return (ovalue, translate(self.error_message) % self.extremes)
 
     def formatter(self, value):
-        if value is None or value == '':
+        if value is None:
             return None
         format = self.format
         year = value.year