diff --git a/server/web2py/applications/vidjil/views/file/edit.html b/server/web2py/applications/vidjil/views/file/edit.html
index e99efb7889f7d7bbd41efadc4b400f92705464cd..06e5a8b00e5a4f0cf29b0d2350a9dc45fe0b130b 100644
--- a/server/web2py/applications/vidjil/views/file/edit.html
+++ b/server/web2py/applications/vidjil/views/file/edit.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ info = db.sequence_file[request.vars["id"]]
 			<tr class='db_table_split' ><td colspan="2"> sample information </td></tr>
             <tr>
                 <td><label for="sampling_date" id="sampling_date__label">sampling date: </label></td>
-                <td><input class="date" id="sampling_date" name="sampling_date" type="text" size="20" value="{{=file.sampling_date}}"></td>
+                <td><input class="date" id="sampling_date" name="sampling_date" type="text" size="20" value="{{if file.sampling_date is not None}}{{=file.sampling_date}}{{pass}}"></td>
                 <td>(format: yyyy-mm-dd)</td>
             </tr>
             <tr>