diff --git a/CustomFields/CustomFieldDate.php b/CustomFields/CustomFieldDate.php
index 89f76fae0..b5ebf7554 100644
--- a/CustomFields/CustomFieldDate.php
+++ b/CustomFields/CustomFieldDate.php
@@ -209,14 +209,24 @@ class CustomFieldDate extends AbstractCustomField
 
     public function render($value, CustomField $customField, $documentType = 'html')
     {
-        $template = 'ChillCustomFieldsBundle:CustomFieldsRendering:date.'
-                .$documentType.'.twig';
-        
-        return $this->templating
-            ->render($template, array(
-                'value' => $this->deserialize($value, $customField),
-                'format' => $customField->getOptions()[self::FORMAT]
-                ));
+        switch ($documentType) {
+            case 'csv':
+                $date = $this->deserialize($value, $customField);
+                if (NULL === $date) {
+                    return null;
+                }
+                
+                    return $date->format('Y-m-d');
+            default:
+                $template = 'ChillCustomFieldsBundle:CustomFieldsRendering:date.'
+                        .$documentType.'.twig';
+
+                return $this->templating
+                    ->render($template, array(
+                        'value' => $this->deserialize($value, $customField),
+                        'format' => $customField->getOptions()[self::FORMAT]
+                        ));
+        }
     }
 
     public function serialize($date, CustomField $customField)