diff --git a/packages/date-picker/src/picker.vue b/packages/date-picker/src/picker.vue
index 9368c6a20..ac66148bd 100644
--- a/packages/date-picker/src/picker.vue
+++ b/packages/date-picker/src/picker.vue
@@ -280,18 +280,36 @@ const formatAsFormatAndType = (value, customFormat, type) => {
   return formatter(value, format);
 };
 
-// only considers date-picker's value: Date or [Date, Date]
+/*
+ * Considers:
+ *   1. Date object
+ *   2. date string
+ *   3. array of 1 or 2
+ */
 const valueEquals = function(a, b) {
+  // considers Date object and string
+  const dateEquals = function(a, b) {
+    const aIsDate = a instanceof Date;
+    const bIsDate = b instanceof Date;
+    if (aIsDate && bIsDate) {
+      return a.getTime() === b.getTime();
+    }
+    if (!aIsDate && !bIsDate) {
+      return a === b;
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+
   const aIsArray = a instanceof Array;
   const bIsArray = b instanceof Array;
   if (aIsArray && bIsArray) {
     if (a.length !== b.length) {
       return false;
     }
-    return a.every((item, index) => new Date(item).getTime() === new Date(b[index]).getTime());
+    return a.every((item, index) => dateEquals(item, b[index]));
   }
   if (!aIsArray && !bIsArray) {
-    return new Date(a).getTime() === new Date(b).getTime();
+    return dateEquals(a, b);
   }
   return false;
 };
@@ -865,7 +883,7 @@ export default {
 
     emitChange(val) {
       // determine user real change only
-      if (val !== this.valueOnOpen) {
+      if (!valueEquals(val, this.valueOnOpen)) {
         this.$emit('change', val);
         this.dispatch('ElFormItem', 'el.form.change', val);
         this.valueOnOpen = val;
@@ -874,7 +892,7 @@ export default {
 
     emitInput(val) {
       const formatted = this.formatToValue(val);
-      if (!valueEquals(this.value, formatted) || this.type === 'dates') {
+      if (!valueEquals(this.value, formatted)) {
         this.$emit('input', formatted);
       }
     },
diff --git a/test/unit/specs/date-picker.spec.js b/test/unit/specs/date-picker.spec.js
index e8fe4c017..cd0fd8645 100644
--- a/test/unit/specs/date-picker.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/specs/date-picker.spec.js
@@ -1676,6 +1676,60 @@ describe('DatePicker', () => {
       }, DELAY);
     });
 
+    it('change event', done => {
+      vm = createVue({
+        template: `
+          <el-date-picker
+            ref="compo"
+            v-model="value"
+            type="daterange" />`,
+        data() {
+          return {
+            value: ''
+          };
+        }
+      }, true);
+
+      const spy = sinon.spy();
+      vm.$refs.compo.$on('change', spy);
+
+      const input = vm.$el.querySelector('input');
+
+      input.blur();
+      input.focus();
+
+      setTimeout(_ => {
+        const picker = vm.$refs.compo.picker;
+        setTimeout(_ => {
+          picker.$el.querySelector('td.available').click();
+          setTimeout(_ => {
+            picker.$el.querySelector('td.available ~ td.available').click();
+            setTimeout(_ => {
+              expect(spy.calledOnce).to.equal(true);
+              console.log('first assert passed');
+              // change event is not emitted if used does not change value
+              // datarange also requires proper array equality check
+              input.blur();
+              input.focus();
+              setTimeout(_ => {
+                const startCell = picker.$el.querySelector('td.start-date');
+                const endCell = picker.$el.querySelector('td.end-date');
+                startCell.click();
+                setTimeout(_ => {
+                  endCell.click();
+                  setTimeout(_ => {
+                    expect(spy.calledOnce).to.equal(true);
+                    console.log('second assert passed');
+                    done();
+                  }, DELAY);
+                }, DELAY);
+              }, DELAY);
+            }, DELAY);
+          }, DELAY);
+        }, DELAY);
+      }, DELAY);
+    });
+
     describe('default value', () => {
       it('single', done => {
         let defaultValue = '2000-10-01';