diff --git a/src/ng/filter/filters.js b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
index d8eb24862f10..d903df836e7a 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter/filters.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
@@ -425,11 +425,7 @@ function dateFilter($locale) {
     format = format || 'mediumDate';
     format = $locale.DATETIME_FORMATS[format] || format;
     if (isString(date)) {
-      if (NUMBER_STRING.test(date)) {
-        date = int(date);
-      } else {
-        date = jsonStringToDate(date);
-      }
+      date = NUMBER_STRING.test(date) ? int(date) : jsonStringToDate(date);
     }
 
     if (isNumber(date)) {