diff --git a/app/code/Magento/Customer/Block/Widget/Dob.php b/app/code/Magento/Customer/Block/Widget/Dob.php
index b45374ea50e5c..021e02d7c87c9 100644
--- a/app/code/Magento/Customer/Block/Widget/Dob.php
+++ b/app/code/Magento/Customer/Block/Widget/Dob.php
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ protected function getFormFilter()
     protected function applyOutputFilter($value)
     {
         $filter = $this->getFormFilter();
-        if ($filter) {
+        if ($filter && $value) {
+            $value = date('Y-m-d', $this->getTime());
             $value = $filter->outputFilter($value);
         }
         return $value;
diff --git a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Data/Form/Filter/Date.php b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Data/Form/Filter/Date.php
index 8765e136e2897..90957e5244389 100644
--- a/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Data/Form/Filter/Date.php
+++ b/lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Data/Form/Filter/Date.php
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public function inputFilter($value)
     public function outputFilter($value)
     {
         $filterInput = new \Zend_Filter_LocalizedToNormalized(
-            ['date_format' => DateTime::DATE_INTERNAL_FORMAT, 'locale' => $this->localeResolver->getLocale()]
+            ['date_format' => $this->_dateFormat, 'locale' => $this->localeResolver->getLocale()]
         );
         $filterInternal = new \Zend_Filter_NormalizedToLocalized(
             ['date_format' => $this->_dateFormat, 'locale' => $this->localeResolver->getLocale()]