diff --git a/src/Fieldtypes/Date.php b/src/Fieldtypes/Date.php
index 3d27b63919..c5c6274db1 100644
--- a/src/Fieldtypes/Date.php
+++ b/src/Fieldtypes/Date.php
@@ -228,6 +228,17 @@ private function processSingle($data)
             return null;
         }
 
+        // If the value is an array, the CP has submitted the date and time separately.
+        // We'll combine them into a single string before parsing, since Carbon can't
+        // parse an array. A missing date means the field was left empty.
+        if (is_array($data)) {
+            if (! ($data['date'] ?? null)) {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            $data = $data['date'].' '.(($data['time'] ?? null) ?: '00:00');
+        }
+
         return $this->processDateTime($data);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Fieldtypes/DateTest.php b/tests/Fieldtypes/DateTest.php
index b0050887be..2ac9cd4d7b 100644
--- a/tests/Fieldtypes/DateTest.php
+++ b/tests/Fieldtypes/DateTest.php
@@ -244,6 +244,24 @@ public static function processProvider()
                 ['start' => '2012-08-29', 'end' => '2013-09-27'],
                 ['start' => '2012-08-29', 'end' => '2013-09-27'],
             ],
+            'single with date and time array from cp' => [
+                'UTC',
+                [],
+                ['date' => '2012-08-29', 'time' => '13:43'],
+                '2012-08-29 13:43',
+            ],
+            'single with date array and no time' => [
+                'UTC',
+                [],
+                ['date' => '2012-08-29', 'time' => null],
+                '2012-08-29 00:00',
+            ],
+            'single with empty date array' => [
+                'UTC',
+                [],
+                ['date' => null, 'time' => null],
+                null,
+            ],
         ];
     }