diff --git a/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/_client.tsx b/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/_client.tsx
index 260fa92f..635742f3 100644
--- a/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/_client.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/_client.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import {
   slideThreeSchema,
 } from "@/schema/additionalUserDetails";
 import { zodResolver } from "@hookform/resolvers/zod";
-import { useForm, useFormContext } from "react-hook-form";
+import { useForm } from "react-hook-form";
 
 import { toast } from "sonner";
 import {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type UserDetails = {
   firstName: string;
   surname: string;
   gender: string;
-  dateOfBirth: Date | undefined;
+  dateOfBirth: string;
   location: string;
   professionalOrStudent: string;
   course: string;
@@ -236,13 +236,16 @@ function SlideTwo({ details }: { details: UserDetails }) {
     defaultValues: { dateOfBirth, gender },
   });
 
+  const parsedDateOfBirth = dateOfBirth ? new Date(dateOfBirth) : null;
   const [year, setYear] = useState<number | undefined>(
-    dateOfBirth?.getFullYear(),
+    parsedDateOfBirth?.getFullYear(),
   );
   const [month, setMonth] = useState<number | undefined>(
-    dateOfBirth?.getMonth(),
+    parsedDateOfBirth?.getMonth(),
+  );
+  const [day, setDay] = useState<number | undefined>(
+    parsedDateOfBirth?.getDate(),
   );
-  const [day, setDay] = useState<number | undefined>(dateOfBirth?.getDate());
 
   const [listOfDaysInSelectedMonth, setListOfDaysInSelectedMonth] = useState([
     0,
@@ -271,7 +274,7 @@ function SlideTwo({ details }: { details: UserDetails }) {
       } else {
         selectedDate = new Date(year, month, day);
       }
-      setValue("dateOfBirth", selectedDate);
+      setValue("dateOfBirth", selectedDate.toISOString());
     }
   }, [year, month, day]);
 
diff --git a/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/page.tsx b/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/page.tsx
index 706fb995..a9df96c6 100644
--- a/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/page.tsx
+++ b/app/(app)/alpha/additional-details/page.tsx
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default async function Page() {
     firstName: details?.firstName || "",
     surname: details?.surname || "",
     gender: details?.gender || "",
-    dateOfBirth: details?.dateOfBirth || undefined,
+    dateOfBirth: details?.dateOfBirth || "",
     location: details?.location || "",
     professionalOrStudent: details?.professionalOrStudent || "",
     course: details?.course || "",
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 583d0ce9..d3dcfcc1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -17013,9 +17013,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/drizzle-kit": {
-      "version": "0.22.4",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/drizzle-kit/-/drizzle-kit-0.22.4.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-jsiYGqHsbsP/GtM26y/bGK7je1ja+1H/RniCt1ovg2E7tMNraw6XdqKcjxHhb8FonCfDDjvwFgouRsZS46vrmA==",
+      "version": "0.22.8",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/drizzle-kit/-/drizzle-kit-0.22.8.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-VjI4wsJjk3hSqHSa3TwBf+uvH6M6pRHyxyoVbt935GUzP9tUR/BRZ+MhEJNgryqbzN2Za1KP0eJMTgKEPsalYQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "dependencies": {
         "@esbuild-kit/esm-loader": "^2.5.5",
diff --git a/schema/additionalUserDetails.ts b/schema/additionalUserDetails.ts
index ef1e2290..a293c8ba 100644
--- a/schema/additionalUserDetails.ts
+++ b/schema/additionalUserDetails.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ export const slideOneSchema = z.object({
 
 export const slideTwoSchema = z.object({
   gender: z.string().min(1, "Gender is required"),
-  dateOfBirth: z.date(),
+  dateOfBirth: z.string(),
 });
 
 export const slideThreeSchema = z