diff --git a/date_popup/date_popup.module b/date_popup/date_popup.module
index a03132e..a5192a1 100644
--- a/date_popup/date_popup.module
+++ b/date_popup/date_popup.module
@@ -617,9 +617,7 @@ function date_popup_validate($element, &$form_state) {
  *   Useful anytime the time value is optional.
  */
 function date_popup_input_date($element, $input, $auto_complete = FALSE) {
-  if (empty($input) || !is_array($input) || !array_key_exists('date', $input) || empty($input['date'])) {
-    //check if there is no time associated in the input variable. This is the exception scenario where the user has entered only time and not date.
-    if(empty($input['time']))
+  if (empty($input) || !is_array($input) || !array_key_exists('date', $input) || (empty($input['date']) && empty($input['time']))) {
       return NULL;
   }
   date_popup_add();