diff --git a/frontend/src/components/EditPeriodDialogProvider.tsx b/frontend/src/components/EditPeriodDialogProvider.tsx
index bc6bbae9..95504447 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/EditPeriodDialogProvider.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/EditPeriodDialogProvider.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ export const EditPeriodDialogProvider = ({ children }) => {
   const UpdateAbsenceRangesContainer = (): JSX.Element => (
     <div>
       <p>Please enter below the new start and end date of your absence.</p>
-      <p>From</p>
+      <hr></hr>
+      <label htmlFor="fromDate" className="date-label">
+        Start date
+      </label>
       <DatePicker
         filterDate={isWeekday}
         dateFormat={dateFormat}
@@ -46,8 +49,12 @@ export const EditPeriodDialogProvider = ({ children }) => {
         startDate={updatedAbsenceStartDate}
         endDate={updatedAbsenceEndDate}
         monthsShown={1}
+        placeholderText="YYYY-MM-DD"
+        strictParsing
       />
-      <p>To</p>
+      <label htmlFor="toDate" className="date-label">
+        End date
+      </label>
       <DatePicker
         filterDate={isWeekday}
         dateFormat={dateFormat}
@@ -66,6 +73,8 @@ export const EditPeriodDialogProvider = ({ children }) => {
         startDate={updatedAbsenceStartDate}
         endDate={updatedAbsenceEndDate}
         monthsShown={1}
+        placeholderText="YYYY-MM-DD"
+        strictParsing
       />
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/AbsencePlanner.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/AbsencePlanner.tsx
index bff97645..dd582315 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/AbsencePlanner.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/AbsencePlanner.tsx
@@ -688,9 +688,7 @@ export const AbsencePlanner = () => {
   // We need to find a solution for better user feedback before enabling it again for that use case.
 
   const isDayEnabled = (date: Date) => {
-    return (
-      !reportedDates.includes(formatDate(date, dateFormat)) && isWeekday(date)
-    );
+    return isWeekday(date);
   };
 
   const context = React.useContext(AuthContext);
@@ -788,8 +786,8 @@ export const AbsencePlanner = () => {
                               toggleLoadingPage(true);
                               onUpdateAbsenceRanges(
                                 element.entryIds,
-                                new Date("2023-01-03"),
-                                new Date("2023-01-03")
+                                element.startDate,
+                                element.endDate
                               );
                               toggleLoadingPage(false);
                             }}