diff -ruaN date/date_popup/date_popup.module date-new/date_popup/date_popup.module
--- date/date_popup/date_popup.module	2008-07-02 14:08:15.000000000 -0400
+++ date-new/date_popup/date_popup.module	2008-07-07 14:54:12.000000000 -0400
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@
     $input .= ' '. $element['#value']['time'];
     $value = date_convert_from_custom($input, $format);
   }
+  elseif (!$auto_complete) {
+    $value = date_convert_from_custom($input, $format);
+  }
   elseif (!empty($input)) {
     $value = date_convert(date_fuzzy_datetime($input), DATE_ISO, DATE_DATETIME);
   }