diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
index 749e2cccf5e..98522024197 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/ApiDispatcher.java
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ public class ApiDispatcher {
                     }                    
                 }else{
                     DateFormat format = BaseCmd.INPUT_FORMAT;
+                    format.setLenient(false);
                     synchronized (format) {
                         field.set(cmdObj, format.parse(paramObj.toString()));
                     }