diff --git a/DatePickerAndroid.js b/DatePickerAndroid.js
index 6436de4..e8c3d93 100644
--- a/DatePickerAndroid.js
+++ b/DatePickerAndroid.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ const NativeDatePicker = requireNativeComponent(
 )
 
 class DatePickerAndroid extends React.PureComponent {
-
   render() {
     if (__DEV__) throwIfInvalidProps(this.props)
     return (
@@ -29,6 +28,9 @@ class DatePickerAndroid extends React.PureComponent {
   _onChange = e => {
     const jsDate = this._fromIsoWithTimeZoneOffset(e.nativeEvent.date).toDate()
     this.props.onDateChange && this.props.onDateChange(jsDate)
+    if (this.props.onDateStringChange) {
+      this.props.onDateStringChange(e.nativeEvent.dateString)
+    }
   }
 
   _maximumDate = () =>
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/DayFormats.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/DayFormats.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7acf4e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/DayFormats.java
@@ -0,0 +1,743 @@
+package com.henninghall.date_picker;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+public class DayFormats {
+
+    public static String get(String locale){
+        return map.get(locale);
+    }
+
+    private static HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>(){{
+        put("af","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("af_NA","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("af_ZA","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("agq","EEE d MMM");
+        put("agq_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ak","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("ak_GH","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("am","MMM d EEE");
+        put("am_ET","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ar","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_001","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_AE","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_BH","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_DJ","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_DZ","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_EG","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_EH","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_ER","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_IL","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_IQ","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_JO","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_KM","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_KW","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_LB","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_LY","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_MA","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_MR","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_OM","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_PS","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_QA","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_SA","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_SD","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_SO","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_SS","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_SY","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_TD","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_TN","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_XB","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("ar_YE","EEE، d MMM");
+        put("as","EEE d MMM");
+        put("as_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("asa","EEE d MMM");
+        put("asa_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ast","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ast_ES","EEE d MMM");
+        put("az","d MMM EEE");
+        put("az_Cyrl","d MMM EEE");
+        put("az_Cyrl_AZ","d MMM EEE");
+        put("az_Latn","d MMM EEE");
+        put("az_Latn_AZ","d MMM EEE");
+        put("bas","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bas_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("be","EEE d MMM");
+        put("be_BY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bem","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bem_ZM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bez","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bez_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bg","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bg_BG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bm","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bm_ML","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bn","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bn_BD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bn_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("bo","MMMའི་ཚེས་d EEE");
+        put("bo_CN","MMMའི་ཚེས་d EEE");
+        put("bo_IN","MMMའི་ཚེས་d EEE");
+        put("br","EEE d MMM");
+        put("br_FR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("brx","EEE MMM d");
+        put("brx_IN","EEE MMM d");
+        put("bs","EEE d. MMM ");
+        put("bs_Cyrl","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("bs_Cyrl_BA","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("bs_Latn","EEE d. MMM ");
+        put("bs_Latn_BA","EEE d. MMM ");
+        put("ca","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ca_AD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ca_ES","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ca_FR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ca_IT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ccp","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ccp_BD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ccp_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ce","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ce_RU","MMM d EEE");
+        put("cgg","EEE d MMM");
+        put("cgg_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("chr","EEE MMM d");
+        put("chr_US","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ckb","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ckb_IQ","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ckb_IR","MMM d EEE");
+        put("cs","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("cs_CZ","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("cy","EEE d MMM");
+        put("cy_GB","EEE d MMM");
+        put("da","EEE 'den' d. MMM");
+        put("da_DK","EEE 'den' d. MMM");
+        put("da_GL","EEE 'den' d. MMM");
+        put("dav","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dav_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("de","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_AT","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_BE","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_CH","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_DE","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_IT","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_LI","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("de_LU","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("dje","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dje_NE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dsb","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("dsb_DE","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("dua","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dua_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dyo","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dyo_SN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("dz","EEE MMM ཚེས་dd");
+        put("dz_BT","EEE MMM ཚེས་dd");
+        put("ebu","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ebu_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ee","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ee_GH","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ee_TG","EEE MMM d");
+        put("el","EEE d MMM");
+        put("el_CY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("el_GR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_001","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_150","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_AG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_AI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_AS","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_AT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_AU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_BB","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_BE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_BI","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_BM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_BS","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_BW","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("en_BZ","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("en_CA","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_CC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_CH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_CK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_CX","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_CY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_DE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_DG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_DK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_DM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_ER","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_FI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_FJ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_FK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_FM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GB","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_GU","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_GY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_HK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_IE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_IL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_IM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_IO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_JE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_JM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_KI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_KN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_KY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_LC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_LR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_LS","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MH","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_MO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MP","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_MS","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_MY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_NZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_PG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_PH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_PK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_PN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_PR","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_PW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_RW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SB","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SS","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SX","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_SZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_TC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_TK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_TO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_TT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_TV","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_UM","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_US","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_US_POSIX","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_VC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_VG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_VI","EEE MMM d");
+        put("en_VU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_WS","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_XA","[EEE MMM d]");
+        put("en_ZA","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("en_ZM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("en_ZW","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("eo","EEE d_'a' 'de' MMM");
+        put("es","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_419","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_AR","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_BO","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_BR","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_BZ","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_CL","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_CO","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_CR","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_CU","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_DO","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_EA","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_EC","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_ES","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_GQ","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_GT","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_HN","EEE dd 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_IC","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_MX","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_NI","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_PA","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_PE","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_PH","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_PR","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_PY","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_SV","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_US","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_UY","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("es_VE","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("et","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("et_EE","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("eu","MMM d EEE");
+        put("eu_ES","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ewo","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ewo_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fa","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fa_AF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fa_IR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ff","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fi","cccc d. MMM");
+        put("fi_FI","cccc d. MMM");
+        put("fil","EEE MMM d");
+        put("fil_PH","EEE MMM d");
+        put("fo","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("fo_DK","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("fo_FO","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("fr","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_BE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_BF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_BI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_BJ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_BL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_DJ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_DZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_FR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_GA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_GF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_GN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_GP","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_GQ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_HT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_KM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_LU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_ML","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MQ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_MU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_NC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_NE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_PF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_PM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_RE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_RW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_SC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_SN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_SY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_TD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_TG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_TN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_VU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_WF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fr_YT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fur","EEE d 'di' MMM");
+        put("fur_IT","EEE d 'di' MMM");
+        put("fy","EEE d MMM");
+        put("fy_NL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ga","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ga_IE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("gd","EEE d'mh' MMM");
+        put("gd_GB","EEE d'mh' MMM");
+        put("gl","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("gl_ES","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("gsw","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("gsw_CH","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("gsw_FR","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("gsw_LI","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("gu","EEE d MMM");
+        put("gu_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("guz","EEE d MMM");
+        put("guz_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("gv","MMM d EEE");
+        put("gv_IM","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ha","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ha_GH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ha_NE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ha_NG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("haw","EEE d MMM");
+        put("haw_US","EEE d MMM");
+        put("he","EEE d בMMM");
+        put("he_IL","EEE d בMMM");
+        put("hi","EEE d MMM");
+        put("hi_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("hr","EEE d. MMM ");
+        put("hr_BA","EEE d. MMM ");
+        put("hr_HR","EEE d. MMM ");
+        put("hsb","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("hsb_DE","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("hu","MMM d. EEE");
+        put("hu_HU","MMM d. EEE");
+        put("hy","MMM d EEE");
+        put("hy_AM","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ia","EEE 'le' d 'de' MMM");
+        put("ia_001","EEE 'le' d 'de' MMM");
+        put("id","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("id_ID","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("ig","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ig_NG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ii","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ii_CN","MMM d EEE");
+        put("is","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("is_IS","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("it","EEE d MMM");
+        put("it_CH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("it_IT","EEE d MMM");
+        put("it_SM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("it_VA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ja","M月d日EEE");
+        put("ja_JP","M月d日EEE");
+        put("jgo","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("jgo_CM","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("jmc","EEE d MMM");
+        put("jmc_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("jv","EEE d MMM");
+        put("jv_ID","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ka","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("ka_GE","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("kab","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kab_DZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kam","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kam_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kde","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kde_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kea","EEE d 'di' MMM");
+        put("kea_CV","EEE d 'di' MMM");
+        put("khq","EEE d MMM");
+        put("khq_ML","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ki","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ki_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kk","d MMM EEE");
+        put("kk_KZ","d MMM EEE");
+        put("kkj","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("kkj_CM","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("kl","MMM d EEE");
+        put("kl_GL","MMM d EEE");
+        put("kln","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kln_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("km","EEE d MMM");
+        put("km_KH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kn","EEE MMM d");
+        put("kn_IN","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ko","M월 d일 EEE");
+        put("ko_KP","M월 d일 EEE");
+        put("ko_KR","M월 d일 EEE");
+        put("kok","EEE d MMM");
+        put("kok_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ks","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ks_IN","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ksb","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ksb_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ksf","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ksf_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ksh","EEE 'dä' d. MMM");
+        put("ksh_DE","EEE 'dä' d. MMM");
+        put("ku","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ku_TR","MMM d EEE");
+        put("kw","MMM d EEE");
+        put("kw_GB","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ky","d_MMM EEE");
+        put("ky_KG","d_MMM EEE");
+        put("lag","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lag_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lb","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("lb_LU","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("lg","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lg_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lkt","MMM d EEE");
+        put("lkt_US","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ln","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ln_AO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ln_CD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ln_CF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ln_CG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lo","EEE ທີ d MMM");
+        put("lo_LA","EEE ທີ d MMM");
+        put("lrc","MMM d EEE");
+        put("lrc_IQ","MMM d EEE");
+        put("lrc_IR","MMM d EEE");
+        put("lt","MMM d 'd'. EEE");
+        put("lt_LT","MMM d 'd'. EEE");
+        put("lu","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lu_CD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("luo","EEE d MMM");
+        put("luo_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("luy","EEE d MMM");
+        put("luy_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("lv","EEE 'gada' d. MMM");
+        put("lv_LV","EEE 'gada' d. MMM");
+        put("mas","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mas_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mas_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mer","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mer_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mfe","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mfe_MU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mg","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mg_MG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mgh","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mgh_MZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mgo","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("mgo_CM","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("mi","MMM d EEE");
+        put("mi_NZ","MMM d EEE");
+        put("mk","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("mk_MK","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("ml","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ml_IN","MMM d EEE");
+        put("mn","MM.dd EEE");
+        put("mn_MN","MM.dd EEE");
+        put("mr","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mr_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ms","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ms_BN","dd MMM");
+        put("ms_MY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ms_SG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mt","EEE d 'ta'’ MMM");
+        put("mt_MT","EEE d 'ta'’ MMM");
+        put("mua","EEE d MMM");
+        put("mua_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("my","၊ MMM d၊ EEE");
+        put("my_MM","၊ MMM d၊ EEE");
+        put("mzn","MMM d EEE");
+        put("mzn_IR","MMM d EEE");
+        put("naq","EEE d MMM");
+        put("naq_NA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nb","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("nb_NO","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("nb_SJ","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("nd","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nd_ZW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nds","MMM d EEE");
+        put("nds_DE","MMM d EEE");
+        put("nds_NL","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ne","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ne_IN","MMM d EEE");
+        put("ne_NP","MMM d EEE");
+        put("nl","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_AW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_BE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_BQ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_CW","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_NL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_SR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nl_SX","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nmg","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nmg_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nn","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("nn_NO","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("nnh","EEE 'lyɛ'̌ʼ d 'na' MMM");
+        put("nnh_CM","EEE 'lyɛ'̌ʼ d 'na' MMM");
+        put("nus","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nus_SS","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nyn","EEE d MMM");
+        put("nyn_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("om","EEE MMM d");
+        put("om_ET","EEE MMM d");
+        put("om_KE","EEE MMM d");
+        put("or","EEE MMM d");
+        put("or_IN","EEE MMM d");
+        put("os","EEE d MMM");
+        put("os_GE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("os_RU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("pa","EEE d MMM");
+        put("pa_Arab","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("pa_Arab_PK","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("pa_Guru","EEE d MMM");
+        put("pa_Guru_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("pl","EEE d MMM");
+        put("pl_PL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ps","EEE MMM d");
+        put("ps_AF","EEE MMM d");
+        put("pt","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_AO","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_BR","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_CH","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_CV","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_GQ","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_GW","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_LU","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_MO","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_MZ","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_PT","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_ST","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("pt_TL","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("qu","EEE d MMM");
+        put("qu_BO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("qu_EC","EEE d MMM");
+        put("qu_PE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rm","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rm_CH","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rn","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rn_BI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ro","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ro_MD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ro_RO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rof","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rof_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru_BY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru_KG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru_KZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru_MD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru_RU","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ru_UA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rw","MMM d EEE");
+        put("rw_RW","MMM d EEE");
+        put("rwk","EEE d MMM");
+        put("rwk_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sah","MMM d EEE");
+        put("sah_RU","MMM d EEE");
+        put("saq","EEE d MMM");
+        put("saq_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sbp","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sbp_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sd","MMM d EEE");
+        put("sd_PK","MMM d EEE");
+        put("se","MMM d EEE");
+        put("se_FI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("se_NO","MMM d EEE");
+        put("se_SE","MMM d EEE");
+        put("seh","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("seh_MZ","EEE d 'de' MMM");
+        put("ses","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ses_ML","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sg","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sg_CF","EEE d MMM");
+        put("shi","EEE d MMM");
+        put("shi_Latn","EEE d MMM");
+        put("shi_Latn_MA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("shi_Tfng","EEE d MMM");
+        put("shi_Tfng_MA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("si","MMM d EEE");
+        put("si_LK","MMM d EEE");
+        put("sk","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("sk_SK","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("sl","EEE dd. MMM");
+        put("sl_SI","EEE dd. MMM");
+        put("smn","cccc MMM d.");
+        put("smn_FI","cccc MMM d.");
+        put("sn","MMM d EEE");
+        put("sn_ZW","MMM d EEE");
+        put("so","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("so_DJ","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("so_ET","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("so_KE","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("so_SO","EEE MMM dd");
+        put("sq","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sq_AL","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sq_MK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sq_XK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sr","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Cyrl","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Cyrl_BA","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Cyrl_ME","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Cyrl_RS","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Cyrl_XK","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Latn","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Latn_BA","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Latn_ME","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Latn_RS","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sr_Latn_XK","EEE dd. MMM ");
+        put("sv","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sv_AX","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sv_FI","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sv_SE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sw","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sw_CD","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sw_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sw_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("sw_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ta","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ta_IN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ta_LK","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ta_MY","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ta_SG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("te","d MMM EEE");
+        put("te_IN","d MMM EEE");
+        put("teo","EEE d MMM");
+        put("teo_KE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("teo_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("tg","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("tg_TJ","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("th","EEEที่ d MMM");
+        put("th_TH","EEEที่ d MMM");
+        put("ti","EEE፣ dd MMM");
+        put("ti_ER","EEE፣ dd MMM");
+        put("ti_ET","EEE፣ dd MMM");
+        put("tk","d MMM EEE");
+        put("tk_TM","d MMM EEE");
+        put("to","EEE d MMM");
+        put("to_TO","EEE d MMM");
+        put("tr","d MMM EEE");
+        put("tr_CY","d MMM EEE");
+        put("tr_TR","d MMM EEE");
+        put("tt","d MMM EEE");
+        put("tt_RU","d MMM EEE");
+        put("twq","EEE d MMM");
+        put("twq_NE","EEE d MMM");
+        put("tzm","EEE d MMM");
+        put("tzm_MA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("ug","d_MMM، EEE");
+        put("ug_CN","d_MMM، EEE");
+        put("uk","EEE d MMM ");
+        put("uk_UA","EEE d MMM ");
+        put("ur","EEE، d MMM،");
+        put("ur_IN","EEE، d MMM،");
+        put("ur_PK","EEE، d MMM،");
+        put("uz","EEE d_MMM");
+        put("uz_Arab","EEE d_MMM");
+        put("uz_Arab_AF","EEE d_MMM");
+        put("uz_Cyrl","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("uz_Cyrl_UZ","EEE dd MMM");
+        put("uz_Latn","EEE d_MMM");
+        put("uz_Latn_UZ","EEE d_MMM");
+        put("vai","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vai_Latn","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vai_Latn_LR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vai_Vaii","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vai_Vaii_LR","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vi","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vi_VN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vun","EEE d MMM");
+        put("vun_TZ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("wae","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("wae_CH","EEE d. MMM");
+        put("wo","EEE d MMM");
+        put("wo_SN","EEE d MMM");
+        put("xh","MMM d EEE");
+        put("xh_ZA","MMM d EEE");
+        put("xog","EEE d MMM");
+        put("xog_UG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("yav","EEE d MMM");
+        put("yav_CM","EEE d MMM");
+        put("yi","EEE dטן MMM");
+        put("yi_001","EEE dטן MMM");
+        put("yo","EEE d MMM");
+        put("yo_BJ","EEE d MMM");
+        put("yo_NG","EEE d MMM");
+        put("yue","M月d日 EEE");
+        put("yue_Hans","M月d日EEE");
+        put("yue_Hans_CN","M月d日EEE");
+        put("yue_Hant","M月d日 EEE");
+        put("yue_Hant_HK","M月d日 EEE");
+        put("zgh","EEE d MMM");
+        put("zgh_MA","EEE d MMM");
+        put("zh","M月d日EEE");
+        put("zh_CH","M月d日EEE");
+        put("zh_HK","M月d日EEE");
+        put("zh_MO","M月d日EEE");
+        put("zh_SG","M月d日EEE");
+        put("zu","EEE MMM d");
+        put("zu_ZA","EEE MMM d");
+    }};
+
+}
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/LocaleUtils.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/LocaleUtils.java
index f168030..9eec73f 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/LocaleUtils.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/LocaleUtils.java
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package com.henninghall.date_picker;
 
+import android.os.Build;
+import android.util.Log;
+
 import java.text.DateFormat;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class LocaleUtils {
@@ -24,16 +28,6 @@ public class LocaleUtils {
         return null;
     }
 
-    public static int getFullPatternPos(String format, Locale locale) {
-        ArrayList<String> pieces = getFullPatternPieces(locale);
-        for (String piece: pieces){
-            if(piece.contains(format)) {
-                return pieces.indexOf(piece);
-            }
-        }
-        return -1;
-    }
-
     public static String getDatePattern(Locale locale){
         DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.FULL, locale);
         return ((SimpleDateFormat)df).toLocalizedPattern().replace(",", "");
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/State.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/State.java
index 5aab547..f540525 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/State.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/State.java
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 public class State {
 
-    private final Prop dateProp = new DateProp();
+    private final DateProp dateProp = new DateProp();
     private final Prop modeProp = new ModeProp();
-    private final Prop localeProp = new LocaleProp();
-    private final Prop fadeToColorProp = new FadeToColorProp();
-    private final Prop textColorProp = new TextColorProp();
-    private final Prop minuteIntervalProp = new MinuteIntervalProp();
-    private final Prop minimumDateProp = new MinimumDateProp();
-    private final Prop maximumDateProp = new MaximumDateProp();
-    private final Prop utcProp = new UtcProp();
-    private final Prop heightProp = new HeightProp();
+    private final LocaleProp localeProp = new LocaleProp();
+    private final FadeToColorProp fadeToColorProp = new FadeToColorProp();
+    private final TextColorProp textColorProp = new TextColorProp();
+    private final MinuteIntervalProp minuteIntervalProp = new MinuteIntervalProp();
+    private final MinimumDateProp minimumDateProp = new MinimumDateProp();
+    private final MaximumDateProp maximumDateProp = new MaximumDateProp();
+    private final UtcProp utcProp = new UtcProp();
+    private final HeightProp heightProp = new HeightProp();
 
     private final HashMap props = new HashMap<String, Prop>() {{
         put(DateProp.name, dateProp);
@@ -102,5 +102,9 @@ public class State {
         return (Integer) heightProp.getValue();
     }
 
+    public String getLocaleLanguageTag(){
+        return localeProp.getLanguageTag();
+    }
+
 
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/props/LocaleProp.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/props/LocaleProp.java
index 3cae162..4e4bf7d 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/props/LocaleProp.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/props/LocaleProp.java
@@ -10,18 +10,31 @@ import java.util.Locale;
 
 public class LocaleProp extends Prop<Locale> {
     public static final String name = "locale";
+    private String languageTag = getDefaultLanguageTag();
+
 
     public LocaleProp(){
-        super(
-                Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP
-                ? Locale.forLanguageTag("en")
-                : Locale.getDefault()
-        );
+        super(getDefaultLocale());
+    }
+
+    static private Locale getDefaultLocale(){
+        return LocaleUtils.toLocale(getDefaultLanguageTag());
+    }
+
+    static private String getDefaultLanguageTag(){
+        return Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.LOLLIPOP
+                ? Locale.getDefault().toLanguageTag().replace('-', '_')
+                : "en";
+    }
+
+    public String getLanguageTag(){
+        return languageTag;
     }
 
     @Override
     public Locale toValue(Dynamic value){
-        return LocaleUtils.toLocale(value.asString().replace('-','_'));
+        this.languageTag = value.asString().replace('-','_');
+        return LocaleUtils.toLocale(languageTag);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/UIManager.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/UIManager.java
index 657e0e7..08f8822 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/UIManager.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/UIManager.java
@@ -66,6 +66,10 @@ public class UIManager {
         return new SimpleDateFormat(wheels.getFormatPattern(), state.getLocale());
     }
 
+    String getDateString() {
+        return wheels.getDisplayValue();
+    }
+
     void animateToDate(Calendar date) {
         wheels.applyOnVisible(new AnimateToDate(date));
     }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/WheelChangeListenerImpl.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/WheelChangeListenerImpl.java
index ef91e35..b3ab16b 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/WheelChangeListenerImpl.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/WheelChangeListenerImpl.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class WheelChangeListenerImpl implements WheelChangeListener {
             else if (maxDate != null && date.after(maxDate)) uiManager.animateToDate(maxDate);
             else {
                 event.putString("date", Utils.dateToIso(date));
+                event.putString("dateString", uiManager.getDateString());
                 DatePickerManager.context.getJSModule(RCTEventEmitter.class)
                         .receiveEvent(rootView.getId(), "dateChange", event);
             }
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/Wheels.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/Wheels.java
index d7e649a..3b5a700 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/Wheels.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/ui/Wheels.java
@@ -110,6 +110,14 @@ public class Wheels {
                 + ampmWheel.getValue();
     }
 
+    String getDisplayValue() {
+        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
+        for (Wheel wheel: getOrderedVisibleWheels()) {
+            sb.append(wheel.getDisplayValue());
+        }
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
     private void addInOrder(){
         ArrayList<WheelType> wheels = state.derived.getOrderedVisibleWheels();
         for (WheelType wheelType : wheels) {
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/DayWheel.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/DayWheel.java
index 06075e9..59af7d7 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/DayWheel.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/DayWheel.java
@@ -3,16 +3,18 @@ package com.henninghall.date_picker.wheels;
 import android.graphics.Paint;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 
+import com.henninghall.date_picker.DayFormats;
 import com.henninghall.date_picker.LocaleUtils;
 import com.henninghall.date_picker.State;
 import com.henninghall.date_picker.models.Mode;
-import com.henninghall.date_picker.PickerView;
 import com.henninghall.date_picker.Utils;
 
+import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 import cn.carbswang.android.numberpickerview.library.NumberPickerView;
 
@@ -21,6 +23,7 @@ public class DayWheel extends Wheel {
 
     private String todayValue;
     private static int defaultNumberOfDays = Calendar.getInstance().getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
+    private HashMap<String, String> displayValues;
 
     public DayWheel(NumberPickerView picker, State state) {
         super(picker, state);
@@ -29,12 +32,15 @@ public class DayWheel extends Wheel {
     @Override
     public ArrayList<String> getValues() {
         ArrayList<String> values = new ArrayList<>();
+        displayValues = new HashMap<>();
+
         Calendar cal = getStartCal();
         Calendar endCal = getEndCal();
 
         while (!cal.after(endCal)){
-            String value = getValueFormat(cal);
+            String value = getValue(cal);
             values.add(value);
+            displayValues.put(value, getDisplayValue(cal));
             if(Utils.isToday(cal)) todayValue = value;
             cal.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
         }
@@ -86,10 +92,22 @@ public class DayWheel extends Wheel {
         cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
     }
 
-    private String getValueFormat(Calendar cal){
+    private String getValue(Calendar cal){
         return format.format(cal.getTime());
     }
 
+    private String getDisplayValue(Calendar cal){
+        return getDisplayValueFormat().format(cal.getTime());
+    }
+
+    private String getDisplayValueFormatPattern(){
+        return DayFormats.get(state.getLocaleLanguageTag());
+    }
+
+    private SimpleDateFormat getDisplayValueFormat(){
+        return new SimpleDateFormat(getDisplayValueFormatPattern(), state.getLocale());
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean visible() {
         return state.getMode() == Mode.datetime;
@@ -108,7 +126,7 @@ public class DayWheel extends Wheel {
         if (value.equals(todayValue)) {
             return toTodayString(value);
         }
-        return removeYear(value);
+        return displayValues.get(value);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -124,12 +142,6 @@ public class DayWheel extends Wheel {
                 : todayString;
     }
 
-    private String removeYear(String value) {
-        ArrayList<String> pieces = Utils.splitOnSpace(value);
-        pieces.remove(LocaleUtils.getFullPatternPos("y", state.getLocale()));
-        return TextUtils.join(" ", pieces);
-    }
-
     // Rounding cal to closest minute interval
     private Calendar getInitialDate() {
         Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/Wheel.java b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/Wheel.java
index 56a4128..671e009 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/Wheel.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/henninghall/date_picker/wheels/Wheel.java
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ public abstract class Wheel {
         init();
     }
 
+    public String getDisplayValue(){
+        return toDisplayValue(getValueAtIndex(getIndex()));
+    }
+
     private String[] getDisplayValues(ArrayList<String> values){
         ArrayList<String> displayValues = new ArrayList<>();
         for (String value: values) {
diff --git a/examples/detox/e2e/tests/displayText.spec.js b/examples/detox/e2e/tests/displayText.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5123f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/detox/e2e/tests/displayText.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+const { setLocale, expectDateString, scrollWheel } = require('../utils')
+
+describe('Display text', () => {
+  before(async () => {
+    await device.reloadReactNative()
+    await element(by.text('Advanced')).tap()
+  })
+
+  describe('datetime', () => {
+    it('en-US', async () => {
+      await expectLocaleDateString('en-US', 'Sun Jan 2' + '1200 AM ')
+    })
+
+    it('pt-BR', async () => {
+      await expectLocaleDateString('pt-BR', 'dom 2 de jan' + '1200 AM ')
+    })
+
+    it('sv-SE', async () => {
+      await expectLocaleDateString('sv-SE', 'sön 2 jan.' + '1200 fm ')
+    })
+
+    it('ru-RU', async () => {
+      await expectLocaleDateString('ru-RU', 'вс 2 янв.' + '1200 AM ')
+    })
+
+    it('ko', async () => {
+      await expectLocaleDateString('ko', '1월 2일 일 오전 1200')
+    })
+
+    it('zh-CH', async () => {
+      await expectLocaleDateString('zh-CH', '1月2日周日 上午 1200')
+    })
+  })
+
+  const expectLocaleDateString = async (locale, dateString) => {
+    await setLocale(locale)
+    await scrollWheel(0, 1)
+    await expectDateString(dateString)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/examples/detox/e2e/utils.js b/examples/detox/e2e/utils.js
index a04120c..c7e73e5 100644
--- a/examples/detox/e2e/utils.js
+++ b/examples/detox/e2e/utils.js
@@ -1,39 +1,43 @@
+const expectDate = async date => {
+  await expect(element(by.id('dateOutput'))).toHaveText(date)
+}
 
-const expectDate = async (date) => {
-    await expect(element(by.id('dateOutput'))).toHaveText(date)
+const expectDateString = async date => {
+  await expect(element(by.id('dateStringOutput'))).toHaveText(date)
 }
 
 const reset = async () => {
-    await element(by.id('props/scroll')).tap()
-    await element(by.id('reset')).tap()
+  await element(by.id('props/scroll')).tap()
+  await element(by.id('reset')).tap()
 }
 
 const scrollWheel = async (index, times) => {
-    await element(by.id('props/scroll')).tap()
-    await element(by.id('wheelIndex')).replaceText(`${index}`)
-    await element(by.id('scrollTimes')).replaceText(`${times}`)
-    await element(by.id('doScroll')).tap()
+  await element(by.id('props/scroll')).tap()
+  await element(by.id('wheelIndex')).replaceText(`${index}`)
+  await element(by.id('scrollTimes')).replaceText(`${times}`)
+  await element(by.id('doScroll')).tap()
 }
 
 const changeProp = name => async value => {
-    await element(by.id('propName')).replaceText(name)
-    await element(by.id('propValue')).replaceText(`${value}`)
-    await element(by.id('changeProp')).tap()
+  await element(by.id('propName')).replaceText(name)
+  await element(by.id('propValue')).replaceText(`${value}`)
+  await element(by.id('changeProp')).tap()
 }
 
 const scrollWheelWithIndexAndExpectDate = async (index, expectedDate) => {
-    await scrollWheel(index, 1)
-    await expectDate(expectedDate)
-    await reset()
+  await scrollWheel(index, 1)
+  await expectDate(expectedDate)
+  await reset()
 }
 
-exports.setDate = changeProp("date")
-exports.setLocale = changeProp("locale")
-exports.setMinimumDate = changeProp("minimumDate")
-exports.setMaximumDate = changeProp("maximumDate")
-exports.setMinuteInterval = changeProp("minuteInterval")
-exports.setMode = changeProp("mode")
+exports.setDate = changeProp('date')
+exports.setLocale = changeProp('locale')
+exports.setMinimumDate = changeProp('minimumDate')
+exports.setMaximumDate = changeProp('maximumDate')
+exports.setMinuteInterval = changeProp('minuteInterval')
+exports.setMode = changeProp('mode')
 exports.scrollWheel = scrollWheel
 exports.expectDate = expectDate
+exports.expectDateString = expectDateString
 exports.scrollWheelWithIndexAndExpectDate = scrollWheelWithIndexAndExpectDate
 exports.reset = reset
diff --git a/examples/detox/src/examples/Advanced.js b/examples/detox/src/examples/Advanced.js
index 10ac716..fd318a3 100644
--- a/examples/detox/src/examples/Advanced.js
+++ b/examples/detox/src/examples/Advanced.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ export default class Advanced extends Component {
     maximumDate: defaultMaxDate,
     timeZoneOffsetInMinutes: undefined,
     minuteInterval: 1,
+    dateString: '',
   }
 
   render() {
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ export default class Advanced extends Component {
           ref={ref => (this.ref = ref)}
           date={this.state.date}
           onDateChange={this.setDate}
+          onDateStringChange={this.setDateString}
           locale={this.state.locale}
           minuteInterval={this.state.minuteInterval}
           minimumDate={this.state.minimumDate}
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ export default class Advanced extends Component {
           timeZoneOffsetInMinutes={this.state.timeZoneOffsetInMinutes}
         />
         <Text testID={'dateOutput'}>{readableDate(this.state.date)}</Text>
+        <Text testID={'dateStringOutput'}>{this.state.dateString}</Text>
         <Text />
         <Text>Change prop: </Text>
         <Text />
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ export default class Advanced extends Component {
   onSelect = selectedProp => this.setState({ selectedProp })
 
   setDate = date => this.setState({ date })
+  setDateString = dateString => this.setState({ dateString })
 
   scroll = ({ wheelIndex, scrollTimes }) => {
     if (!this.ref) return