diff --git a/frontend/src/components/ui/date-picker.tsx b/frontend/src/components/ui/date-picker.tsx
index cf20a6b..a8756ed 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/ui/date-picker.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/ui/date-picker.tsx
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { createPortal } from 'react-dom';
 import { Calendar, ChevronLeft, ChevronRight, Clock } from 'lucide-react';
 import { cn } from '@/lib/utils';
 
+// ── Browser detection (stable — checked once at module load) ──
+
+const isFirefox = typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && /Firefox\//i.test(navigator.userAgent);
+
 // ── Helpers ──
 
 function getDaysInMonth(year: number, month: number): number {
@@ -429,18 +433,35 @@ const DatePicker = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, DatePickerProps>(
         )
       : null;
 
-    // ── Input variant: native date/datetime-local + calendar icon for custom popup ──
+    // ── Input variant ──
+    // Firefox: use type="text" to avoid the native calendar icon that cannot be
+    // hidden via CSS (Firefox has no ::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator equivalent).
+    // Chromium: use native type="date"/"datetime-local" for segmented editing UX,
+    // with the native icon hidden via CSS in index.css (.datepicker-wrapper rule).
     if (variant === 'input') {
+      const nativeType = isFirefox
+        ? 'text'
+        : mode === 'datetime'
+          ? 'datetime-local'
+          : 'date';
+
+      const textPlaceholder = isFirefox
+        ? mode === 'datetime'
+          ? 'YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm'
+          : 'YYYY-MM-DD'
+        : undefined;
+
       return (
         <>
           <div ref={wrapperRef} className="datepicker-wrapper relative">
             <input
               ref={inputElRef}
-              type={mode === 'datetime' ? 'datetime-local' : 'date'}
+              type={nativeType}
               id={id}
               name={name}
               autoComplete={autoComplete}
               value={value}
+              placeholder={textPlaceholder}
               onChange={(e) => onChange(e.target.value)}
               onBlur={handleInputBlur}
               onKeyDown={(e) => {
@@ -452,8 +473,8 @@ const DatePicker = React.forwardRef<HTMLButtonElement, DatePickerProps>(
               }}
               required={required}
               disabled={disabled}
-              min={min}
-              max={max}
+              min={isFirefox ? undefined : min}
+              max={isFirefox ? undefined : max}
               className={cn(
                 'flex h-10 w-full rounded-md border border-input bg-background px-3 py-2 pr-9 text-sm ring-offset-background placeholder:text-muted-foreground focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2 disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50',
                 className