diff --git a/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp b/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
index 3a8580d16..ea6140a19 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdEdit.cpp
@@ -685,9 +685,8 @@ void CmdEdit::parseTask (Task& task, const std::string& after, const std::string
     if (type != "")
     {
       std::string value = findValue (after, "\n  UDA " + col->first + ":");
-      if ((task.get (col->first) != value) &&
-          (type == "date" && task.get (col->first)
-           != Date(value, dateformat).toEpochString ()))
+      if ((task.get (col->first) != value) && (type != "date" ||
+           (task.get (col->first) != Date(value, dateformat).toEpochString ())))
       {
         if (value != "")
         {