diff --git a/backend/grant/milestone/models.py b/backend/grant/milestone/models.py
index fc3a2e3a..e1f62d12 100644
--- a/backend/grant/milestone/models.py
+++ b/backend/grant/milestone/models.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import datetime
 
 from grant.extensions import ma, db
 from grant.utils.exceptions import ValidationException
+from grant.utils.misc import dt_to_unix
 
 NOT_REQUESTED = 'NOT_REQUESTED'
 ONGOING_VOTE = 'ONGOING_VOTE'
@@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ class MilestoneSchema(ma.Schema):
             "date_created",
         )
 
+    date_created = ma.Method("get_date_created")
+    date_estimated = ma.Method("get_date_estimated")
+
+    def get_date_created(self, obj):
+        return dt_to_unix(obj.date_created)
+
+    def get_date_estimated(self, obj):
+        return dt_to_unix(obj.date_estimated) if obj.date_estimated else None
+
 
 milestone_schema = MilestoneSchema()
 milestones_schema = MilestoneSchema(many=True)
diff --git a/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Milestones.tsx b/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Milestones.tsx
index 9e642f98..aca5d948 100644
--- a/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Milestones.tsx
+++ b/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Milestones.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const DEFAULT_STATE: State = {
     {
       title: '',
       content: '',
-      dateEstimated: '',
+      dateEstimated: moment().unix(),
       payoutPercent: '100',
       immediatePayout: false,
     },
@@ -159,10 +159,21 @@ const MilestoneFields = ({
       <DatePicker.MonthPicker
         style={{ flex: 1, marginRight: '0.5rem' }}
         placeholder="Expected completion date"
-        value={milestone.dateEstimated ? moment(milestone.dateEstimated) : undefined}
+        value={
+          milestone.dateEstimated ? moment(milestone.dateEstimated * 1000) : undefined
+        }
         format="MMMM YYYY"
         allowClear={false}
-        onChange={(_, dateEstimated) => onChange(index, { ...milestone, dateEstimated })}
+        onChange={time => onChange(index, { ...milestone, dateEstimated: time.unix() })}
+        disabled={milestone.immediatePayout}
+        disabledDate={current =>
+          current
+            ? current <
+              moment()
+                .subtract(1, 'month')
+                .endOf('month')
+            : false
+        }
       />
       <Input
         min={1}
@@ -186,6 +197,9 @@ const MilestoneFields = ({
               onChange(index, {
                 ...milestone,
                 immediatePayout: ev.target.checked,
+                dateEstimated: ev.target.checked
+                  ? moment().unix()
+                  : milestone.dateEstimated,
               })
             }
           >
diff --git a/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Review.tsx b/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Review.tsx
index 92971393..6d7cc901 100644
--- a/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Review.tsx
+++ b/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/Review.tsx
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ const ReviewMilestones = ({
         <div className="ReviewMilestone">
           <div className="ReviewMilestone-title">{m.title}</div>
           <div className="ReviewMilestone-info">
-            {moment(m.dateEstimated, 'MMMM YYYY').format('MMMM YYYY')}
+            {moment(m.dateEstimated * 1000).format('MMMM YYYY')}
             {' – '}
             {m.payoutPercent}% of funds
           </div>
diff --git a/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/example.ts b/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/example.ts
index 2876621a..31e4a6ae 100644
--- a/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/example.ts
+++ b/frontend/client/components/CreateFlow/example.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import moment from 'moment';
 import { PROPOSAL_CATEGORY } from 'api/constants';
 import { ProposalDraft } from 'types';
 
@@ -19,7 +20,9 @@ const createExampleProposal = (): Partial<ProposalDraft> => {
         title: 'Initial Funding',
         content:
           'This will be used to pay for a professional designer to hand-craft each letter on the shirt.',
-        dateEstimated: 'October 2018',
+        dateEstimated: moment()
+          .add(1, 'month')
+          .unix(),
         payoutPercent: '30',
         immediatePayout: true,
       },
@@ -27,7 +30,9 @@ const createExampleProposal = (): Partial<ProposalDraft> => {
         title: 'Test Prints',
         content:
           "We'll get test prints from 5 different factories and choose the highest quality shirts. Once we've decided, we'll order a full batch of prints.",
-        dateEstimated: 'November 2018',
+        dateEstimated: moment()
+          .add(2, 'month')
+          .unix(),
         payoutPercent: '20',
         immediatePayout: false,
       },
@@ -35,7 +40,9 @@ const createExampleProposal = (): Partial<ProposalDraft> => {
         title: 'All Shirts Printed',
         content:
           "All of the shirts have been printed, hooray! They'll be given out at conferences and meetups.",
-        dateEstimated: 'December 2018',
+        dateEstimated: moment()
+          .add(3, 'month')
+          .unix(),
         payoutPercent: '50',
         immediatePayout: false,
       },
diff --git a/frontend/client/components/Proposal/CampaignBlock/index.tsx b/frontend/client/components/Proposal/CampaignBlock/index.tsx
index 775dffee..d935f62b 100644
--- a/frontend/client/components/Proposal/CampaignBlock/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/client/components/Proposal/CampaignBlock/index.tsx
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ export class ProposalCampaignBlock extends React.Component<Props, State> {
     let content;
     if (proposal) {
       const { target, funded, percentFunded } = proposal;
+      const datePublished = proposal.datePublished || Date.now() / 1000;
       const isRaiseGoalReached = funded.gte(target);
-      const deadline = (proposal.dateCreated + proposal.deadlineDuration) * 1000;
+      const deadline = (datePublished + proposal.deadlineDuration) * 1000;
       // TODO: Get values from proposal
       console.warn('TODO: Get isFrozen from proposal data');
       const isFrozen = false;
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ export class ProposalCampaignBlock extends React.Component<Props, State> {
             <div className="ProposalCampaignBlock-info">
               <div className="ProposalCampaignBlock-info-label">Started</div>
               <div className="ProposalCampaignBlock-info-value">
-                {moment(proposal.datePublished * 1000).fromNow()}
+                {moment(datePublished * 1000).fromNow()}
               </div>
             </div>
           )}
diff --git a/frontend/client/components/Proposal/Milestones/index.tsx b/frontend/client/components/Proposal/Milestones/index.tsx
index 1dec2d86..9fbe18b4 100644
--- a/frontend/client/components/Proposal/Milestones/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/client/components/Proposal/Milestones/index.tsx
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class ProposalMilestones extends React.Component<Props, State> {
           : milestoneStateToStepState[milestone.state];
 
       const className = this.state.step === i ? 'is-active' : 'is-inactive';
-      const estimatedDate = moment(milestone.dateEstimated).format('MMMM YYYY');
+      const estimatedDate = moment(milestone.dateEstimated * 1000).format('MMMM YYYY');
       const reward = (
         <UnitDisplay value={milestone.amount} symbol="ZEC" displayShortBalance={4} />
       );
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class ProposalMilestones extends React.Component<Props, State> {
               message={
                 <span>
                   The team was awarded <strong>{reward}</strong>{' '}
-                  {milestone.isImmediatePayout
+                  {milestone.immediatePayout
                     ? 'as an initial payout'
                     : // TODO: Add property for payout date on milestones
                       `on ${moment().format('MMM Do, YYYY')}`}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class ProposalMilestones extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
       const statuses = (
         <div className="ProposalMilestones-milestone-status">
-          {!milestone.isImmediatePayout && (
+          {!milestone.immediatePayout && (
             <div>
               Estimate: <strong>{estimatedDate}</strong>
             </div>
diff --git a/frontend/client/components/Proposals/ProposalCard/index.tsx b/frontend/client/components/Proposals/ProposalCard/index.tsx
index f2f99fc1..2df2aa7b 100644
--- a/frontend/client/components/Proposals/ProposalCard/index.tsx
+++ b/frontend/client/components/Proposals/ProposalCard/index.tsx
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export class ProposalCard extends React.Component<Proposal> {
       proposalAddress,
       proposalUrlId,
       category,
+      datePublished,
       dateCreated,
       team,
       target,
@@ -28,11 +29,7 @@ export class ProposalCard extends React.Component<Proposal> {
     } = this.props;
 
     return (
-      <Card
-        className="ProposalCard"
-        to={`/proposals/${proposalUrlId}`}
-        title={title}
-      >
+      <Card className="ProposalCard" to={`/proposals/${proposalUrlId}`} title={title}>
         {contributionMatching > 0 && (
           <div className="ProposalCard-ribbon">
             <span>
@@ -77,7 +74,7 @@ export class ProposalCard extends React.Component<Proposal> {
           </div>
         </div>
         <div className="ProposalCard-address">{proposalAddress}</div>
-        <Card.Info category={category} time={dateCreated * 1000} />
+        <Card.Info category={category} time={(datePublished || dateCreated) * 1000} />
       </Card>
     );
   }
diff --git a/frontend/client/modules/create/utils.ts b/frontend/client/modules/create/utils.ts
index 5aecb576..9ba03af1 100644
--- a/frontend/client/modules/create/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/client/modules/create/utils.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ export function makeProposalPreviewFromDraft(draft: ProposalDraft): Proposal {
     payoutAddress: '0x0',
     dateCreated: Date.now() / 1000,
     datePublished: Date.now() / 1000,
+    dateApproved: Date.now() / 1000,
     deadlineDuration: 86400 * 60,
     target: toZat(draft.target),
     funded: Zat('0'),
@@ -198,7 +199,6 @@ export function makeProposalPreviewFromDraft(draft: ProposalDraft): Proposal {
       amount: toZat(target * (parseInt(m.payoutPercent, 10) / 100)),
       dateEstimated: m.dateEstimated,
       immediatePayout: m.immediatePayout,
-      isImmediatePayout: m.immediatePayout,
       isPaid: false,
       payoutPercent: m.payoutPercent.toString(),
       state: MILESTONE_STATE.WAITING,
diff --git a/frontend/stories/props.tsx b/frontend/stories/props.tsx
index cd5293c4..ac60ef25 100644
--- a/frontend/stories/props.tsx
+++ b/frontend/stories/props.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
 } from 'types';
 import { PROPOSAL_CATEGORY } from 'api/constants';
 import BN from 'bn.js';
+import moment from 'moment';
 
 const oneZec = new BN('100000000');
 
@@ -101,23 +102,22 @@ export function generateProposal({
   const genMilestone = (
     overrides: Partial<ProposalMilestone> = {},
   ): ProposalMilestone => {
-    const now = new Date();
     if (overrides.index) {
-      const estimate = new Date(now.setMonth(now.getMonth() + overrides.index));
-      overrides.dateEstimated = estimate.toISOString();
+      overrides.dateEstimated = moment()
+        .add(overrides.index, 'month')
+        .unix();
     }
 
     const defaults: ProposalMilestone = {
       title: 'Milestone A',
       content: `Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod 
            tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.`,
-      dateEstimated: '2018-10-01T00:00:00+00:00',
+      dateEstimated: moment().unix(),
       immediatePayout: true,
       index: 0,
       state: MILESTONE_STATE.WAITING,
       amount: amountBn,
       isPaid: false,
-      isImmediatePayout: true,
       payoutPercent: '33',
     };
     return { ...defaults, ...overrides };
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ export function generateProposal({
       index: i,
       title: genMilestoneTitle(),
       immediatePayout: i === 0,
-      isImmediatePayout: i === 0,
       payoutRequestVoteDeadline: i !== 0 ? Date.now() + 3600000 : 0,
       payoutPercent: '' + (1 / milestoneCount) * 100,
     };
@@ -149,6 +148,7 @@ export function generateProposal({
     payoutAddress: 'z123',
     dateCreated: created / 1000,
     datePublished: created / 1000,
+    dateApproved: created / 1000,
     deadlineDuration: 86400 * 60,
     target: amountBn,
     funded: fundedBn,
diff --git a/frontend/types/milestone.ts b/frontend/types/milestone.ts
index 49cbad12..46661931 100644
--- a/frontend/types/milestone.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/milestone.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ export interface Milestone {
   state: MILESTONE_STATE;
   amount: Zat;
   isPaid: boolean;
-  isImmediatePayout: boolean;
+  immediatePayout: boolean;
+  dateEstimated: number;
 }
 
 export interface ProposalMilestone extends Milestone {
   content: string;
-  immediatePayout: boolean;
-  dateEstimated: string;
   payoutPercent: string;
   title: string;
 }
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ export interface ProposalMilestone extends Milestone {
 export interface CreateMilestone {
   title: string;
   content: string;
-  dateEstimated: string;
+  dateEstimated: number;
   payoutPercent: string;
   immediatePayout: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/frontend/types/proposal.ts b/frontend/types/proposal.ts
index 5200cab7..f2fec571 100644
--- a/frontend/types/proposal.ts
+++ b/frontend/types/proposal.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ export interface Proposal extends Omit<ProposalDraft, 'target' | 'invites'> {
   percentFunded: number;
   contributionMatching: number;
   milestones: ProposalMilestone[];
-  datePublished: number;
+  datePublished: number | null;
+  dateApproved: number | null;
 }
 
 export interface TeamInviteWithProposal extends TeamInvite {