diff --git a/src/vue-components/datetime/datetime.ios.styl b/src/vue-components/datetime/datetime.ios.styl
index 69a7677ec38..090e0f86223 100644
--- a/src/vue-components/datetime/datetime.ios.styl
+++ b/src/vue-components/datetime/datetime.ios.styl
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ body.desktop .q-datetime-col-wrapper
   width 37px
 
 .q-datetime-item
+  font-size 85%
   height 36px
   line-height 36px
-  padding 0 6px
   color rgba(0, 0, 0, .87)
   position absolute
   white-space nowrap