diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9655d26aee..543ef07574 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Add CI check to add changelog entry (Manuel Trezza) [#1764](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/pull/1764)
 - Add Parse Issue Bot (Manuel Trezza) [#1766](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/pull/1766)
 - Refactor: uniform issue templates across repos (Manuel Trezza) [#1767](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/pull/1767)
+- fix: date cell value not selected on double clicks (fn-faisal) [#1730](https://github.com/parse-community/parse-dashboard/pull/1730)
 
 ## Fixes
 
diff --git a/src/components/DateTimeEditor/DateTimeEditor.react.js b/src/components/DateTimeEditor/DateTimeEditor.react.js
index 9c9bd1a34d..79ad194a22 100644
--- a/src/components/DateTimeEditor/DateTimeEditor.react.js
+++ b/src/components/DateTimeEditor/DateTimeEditor.react.js
@@ -98,13 +98,15 @@ export default class DateTimeEditor extends React.Component {
         </div>
       );
     }
-    
+
     return (
       <div ref='editor' style={{ width: this.props.width }} className={styles.editor}>
         <input
+          autoFocus
           type='text'
           ref='input'
           value={this.state.text}
+          onFocus={e => e.target.select()}
           onClick={this.toggle.bind(this)}
           onChange={this.inputDate.bind(this)}
           onBlur={this.commitDate.bind(this)} />