diff --git a/app/utilities/repository_import_parser/importer.rb b/app/utilities/repository_import_parser/importer.rb
index 72855c8c7..f016bf2cc 100644
--- a/app/utilities/repository_import_parser/importer.rb
+++ b/app/utilities/repository_import_parser/importer.rb
@@ -133,11 +133,10 @@ module RepositoryImportParser
                                     repository_cell_attributes: { repository_row: row[:repository_row],
                                                                   repository_column: column,
                                                                   importing: true } }
-
           cell_value = column.data_type.constantize.import_from_text(
             value,
             cell_value_attributes,
-            user: @user.as_json
+            @user.as_json(root: true, only: :settings).deep_symbolize_keys
           )
           next if cell_value.nil?
 
diff --git a/spec/models/repository_date_time_value_base_spec.rb b/spec/models/repository_date_time_value_base_spec.rb
index a178cfaf0..4761dbb1e 100644
--- a/spec/models/repository_date_time_value_base_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/repository_date_time_value_base_spec.rb
@@ -39,4 +39,46 @@ describe RepositoryDateTimeValueBase, type: :model do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'self.import_from_text' do
+    let(:user) { create :user }
+    let(:date_string1) { '2020-01-22' }
+    let(:date_string2) { '01-22-2020' }
+    let(:date_string3) { '01/22/2020' }
+    let(:test_date) { Date.parse('2020-01-22') }
+    let(:attributes) { {} }
+
+    it 'takes date format from user settings 1' do
+      user.settings[:date_format] = '%Y-%m-%d'
+      user.save
+      result = RepositoryDateTimeValueBase
+               .import_from_text(date_string1,
+                                 attributes,
+                                 user.as_json(root: true, only: :settings).deep_symbolize_keys)
+      expect(result).to respond_to(:data)
+      expect(result.data).to eq(test_date)
+    end
+
+    it 'takes date format from user settings 2' do
+      user.settings[:date_format] = '%m-%d-%Y'
+      user.save
+      result = RepositoryDateTimeValueBase
+               .import_from_text(date_string2,
+                                 attributes,
+                                 user.as_json(root: true, only: :settings).deep_symbolize_keys)
+      expect(result).to respond_to(:data)
+      expect(result.data).to eq(test_date)
+    end
+
+    it 'takes default date format when there is no user settings' do
+      user.settings[:date_format] = nil
+      user.save
+      result = RepositoryDateTimeValueBase
+               .import_from_text(date_string3,
+                                 attributes,
+                                 user.as_json(root: true, only: :settings).deep_symbolize_keys)
+      expect(result).to respond_to(:data)
+      expect(result.data).to eq(test_date)
+    end
+  end
 end