diff --git a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
index 20b801a52c..70e7195c7d 100644
--- a/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
+++ b/app/Http/Requests/StoreAssetRequest.php
@@ -29,19 +29,7 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
             ? Company::getIdForCurrentUser($this->company_id)
             : $this->company_id;
 
-        if ($this->input('last_audit_date')) {
-            try {
-                $lastAuditDate = Carbon::parse($this->input('last_audit_date'));
-
-                $this->merge([
-                    'last_audit_date' => $lastAuditDate->startOfDay()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
-                ]);
-            } catch (InvalidFormatException $e) {
-                // we don't need to do anything here...
-                // we'll keep the provided date in an
-                // invalid format so validation picks it up later
-            }
-        }
+        $this->formatLastAuditDate();
 
         $this->merge([
             'asset_tag' => $this->asset_tag ?? Asset::autoincrement_asset(),
@@ -64,4 +52,21 @@ class StoreAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
 
         return $rules;
     }
+
+    private function formatLastAuditDate(): void
+    {
+        if ($this->input('last_audit_date')) {
+            try {
+                $lastAuditDate = Carbon::parse($this->input('last_audit_date'));
+
+                $this->merge([
+                    'last_audit_date' => $lastAuditDate->startOfDay()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
+                ]);
+            } catch (InvalidFormatException $e) {
+                // we don't need to do anything here...
+                // we'll keep the provided date in an
+                // invalid format so validation picks it up later
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }