diff --git a/src/max/validator.spec.ts b/src/max/validator.spec.ts
index 186faed..63458a3 100644
--- a/src/max/validator.spec.ts
+++ b/src/max/validator.spec.ts
@@ -22,4 +22,9 @@ describe('Max', () => {
 
     expect(max(5)(control)).toEqual(error);
   });
+
+  it('should ignore date-time values', () => {
+    let control = new FormControl('2016-09-08');
+    expect(max(<any>'2016-09-09')(control)).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/max/validator.ts b/src/max/validator.ts
index df81aca..9b965cd 100644
--- a/src/max/validator.ts
+++ b/src/max/validator.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { AbstractControl, Validators, ValidatorFn } from '@angular/forms';
 
-import { isPresent } from '../facade/lang';
+import { isPresent, isDate } from '../facade/lang';
 
 export const max = (max: number): ValidatorFn => {
   return (control: AbstractControl): {[key: string]: boolean} => {
     if (!isPresent(max)) return null;
     if (isPresent(Validators.required(control))) return null;
+    if (isNaN(max) && isDate(new Date(max))) return null;
 
     let v: number = +control.value;
     return v <= +max ? null : {max: true};
diff --git a/src/min/validator.spec.ts b/src/min/validator.spec.ts
index 2bbebb9..bdf86bd 100644
--- a/src/min/validator.spec.ts
+++ b/src/min/validator.spec.ts
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ describe('Min', () => {
 
     expect(min(10)(control)).toEqual(error);
   });
+
+  it('should ignore date-time values', () => {
+    let control = new FormControl('2016-09-10');
+    expect(min(<any>'2016-09-09')(control)).toBeNull();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/src/min/validator.ts b/src/min/validator.ts
index b00b70a..bc177dc 100644
--- a/src/min/validator.ts
+++ b/src/min/validator.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import { AbstractControl, Validators, ValidatorFn } from '@angular/forms';
 
-import { isPresent } from '../facade/lang';
+import { isPresent, isDate } from '../facade/lang';
 
 export const min = (min: number): ValidatorFn => {
   return (control: AbstractControl): {[key: string]: boolean} => {
     if (!isPresent(min)) return null;
     if (isPresent(Validators.required(control))) return null;
+    if (isNaN(min) && isDate(new Date(min))) return null;
 
     let v: number = +control.value;
     return v >= +min ? null : {min: true};