diff --git a/dev/components/form/all.vue b/dev/components/form/all.vue
index d98109cee647..663925cd63cd 100644
--- a/dev/components/form/all.vue
+++ b/dev/components/form/all.vue
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@
         <p class="q-subtitle">Date selected: {{ JSON.stringify(date) }}</p>
         <q-datetime :dark="dark" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="date" formatModel="date" :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="onChange" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" v-model="date" placeholder="Date" :after="[ { icon: 'today', handler () { date = new Date('2018-10-21') } }]" />
         <q-datetime :dark="dark" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="date" formatModel="date" :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="onChange" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" v-model="date" float-label="Date" />
+        <q-datetime :dark="dark" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="date" formatModel="date" :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="onChange" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" v-model="date" float-label="Date (default view month)" default-view="month" />
+        <q-datetime :dark="dark" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="date" formatModel="date" :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="onChange" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" v-model="date" float-label="Date (default view year)" default-view="year" />
         <q-datetime :dark="dark" color="primary" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="date" formatModel="date" inverted :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="val => { date = val; onChange(val) }" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" :value="date" float-label="Date (onChange)" />
         <q-datetime :dark="dark" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="date" formatModel="date" :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="onChange" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" v-model="date" :default-value="defaultDate" :float-label="`Date (default ${defaultDate})`" />
         <q-datetime :dark="dark" color="orange" :error="error" :warning="warning" :disable="disable" :readonly="readonly" type="datetime" formatModel="date" inverted :clearable="clearable" class="q-ma-sm" @focus="onFocus" @blur="onBlur" @change="val => { date = val; onChange(val) }" @input="onInput" @clear="onClear" :value="date" :default-value="defaultDate" :float-label="`Datetime (default ${defaultDate}, onChange)`" />
diff --git a/src/components/datetime/QDatetime.js b/src/components/datetime/QDatetime.js
index dbeeee42916c..f766e70f7cda 100644
--- a/src/components/datetime/QDatetime.js
+++ b/src/components/datetime/QDatetime.js
@@ -120,9 +120,6 @@ export default {
         if (this.defaultView && target.view !== this.defaultView) {
           target.setView(this.defaultView)
         }
-        else {
-          target.setView()
-        }
       }
       this.model = clone(this.computedValue)
       this.focused = true