diff --git a/jquery.datetimepicker.js b/jquery.datetimepicker.js
index 42f49b0..f9b615a 100755
--- a/jquery.datetimepicker.js
+++ b/jquery.datetimepicker.js
@@ -639,6 +639,9 @@
 				initDateFormatter();
 			}
 		},
+		setDateFormatter: function(dateFormatter) {
+			dateHelper = dateFormatter;
+		},
 		RFC_2822: 'D, d M Y H:i:s O',
 		ATOM: 'Y-m-d\TH:i:sP',
 		ISO_8601: 'Y-m-d\TH:i:sO',