diff --git a/packages/common/src/i18n/format_date.ts b/packages/common/src/i18n/format_date.ts
index 917f2f0171..acb24f99ca 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/i18n/format_date.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/i18n/format_date.ts
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@ export function toDate(value: string|number|Date): Date {
       return new Date(parsedNb);
     }
 
-    if (/^(\d{4}-\d{1,2}-\d{1,2})$/.test(value)) {
+    if (/^(\d{4}(-\d{1,2}(-\d{1,2})?)?)$/.test(value)) {
       /* For ISO Strings without time the day, month and year must be extracted from the ISO String
       before Date creation to avoid time offset and errors in the new Date.
       If we only replace '-' with ',' in the ISO String ("2015,01,01"), and try to create a new
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ export function toDate(value: string|number|Date): Date {
       If we leave the '-' ("2015-01-01") and try to create a new Date("2015-01-01") the timeoffset
       is applied.
       Note: ISO months are 0 for January, 1 for February, ... */
-      const [y, m, d] = value.split('-').map((val: string) => +val);
+      const [y, m = 1, d = 1] = value.split('-').map((val: string) => +val);
       return new Date(y, m - 1, d);
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/common/test/i18n/format_date_spec.ts b/packages/common/test/i18n/format_date_spec.ts
index 5931f7222f..fe4dbb83b6 100644
--- a/packages/common/test/i18n/format_date_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/test/i18n/format_date_spec.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ describe('Format date', () => {
 
   describe('formatDate', () => {
     const isoStringWithoutTime = '2015-01-01';
+    const isoStringWithoutTimeOrDate = '2015-01';
+    const isoStringWithoutTimeOrDateOrMonth = '2015-01';
     const defaultFormat = 'mediumDate';
     let date: Date;
 
@@ -231,6 +233,16 @@ describe('Format date', () => {
         expectDateFormatAs(isoStringWithoutTime, pattern, isoStringWithoutTimeFixtures[pattern]);
       });
 
+      Object.keys(isoStringWithoutTimeFixtures).forEach((pattern: string) => {
+        expectDateFormatAs(
+            isoStringWithoutTimeOrDate, pattern, isoStringWithoutTimeFixtures[pattern]);
+      });
+
+      Object.keys(isoStringWithoutTimeFixtures).forEach((pattern: string) => {
+        expectDateFormatAs(
+            isoStringWithoutTimeOrDateOrMonth, pattern, isoStringWithoutTimeFixtures[pattern]);
+      });
+
       const nightTime = new Date(2015, 5, 15, 2, 3, 1, 550);
       Object.keys(midnightCrossingPeriods).forEach(pattern => {
         expectDateFormatAs(nightTime, pattern, midnightCrossingPeriods[pattern]);