diff --git a/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php b/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php
index db79708fc0f4b7c8b44ed578315cbc97ebf88bfe..11eb8e609f260756427012f361474b99277c36f3 100644
--- a/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php
+++ b/Configuration/TCA/tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.php
@@ -221,13 +221,8 @@ $tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application = [
 			'label' => 'LLL:EXT:sg_jobs/Resources/Private/Language/locallang_db.xlf:tx_sgjobs_domain_model_job_application.birth_date',
 			'config' => [
 				'type' => 'input',
-				'size' => 13,
-				'max' => 20,
-				'eval' => 'date, required',
-				'checkbox' => 0,
-				'range' => [
-					'lower' => mktime(date('m'), date('d'), date('Y'))
-				],
+				'size' => 30,
+				'eval' => 'trim, required'
 			],
 		],
 		'phone' => [