diff --git a/app/client/models/SearchModel.ts b/app/client/models/SearchModel.ts
index 5c760839..be23d70b 100644
--- a/app/client/models/SearchModel.ts
+++ b/app/client/models/SearchModel.ts
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ class FinderImpl implements IFinder {
     const value = this._sectionTableData.getValue(rowId, displayCol.colId.peek());
 
     // TODO: Note that formatting dates is now the bulk of the performance cost.
-    const text = formatter.format(value);
+    const text = formatter.formatAny(value);
     return this._searchRegexp.test(text);
   }
 
diff --git a/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts b/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
index 605194b8..447f1d06 100644
--- a/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
+++ b/app/server/lib/ActiveDoc.ts
@@ -1371,12 +1371,12 @@ export class ActiveDoc extends EventEmitter {
                                     options: ApplyUAOptions = {}): Promise<ApplyUAResult> {
 
     const client = docSession.client;
-    this._log.debug(docSession, "_applyUserActions(%s, %s)", client, shortDesc(actions));
+    this._log.debug(docSession, "_applyUserActions(%s, %s)%s", client, shortDesc(actions),
+      options.parseStrings ? ' (will parse)' : '');
     this._inactivityTimer.ping();     // The doc is in active use; ping it to stay open longer.
 
     if (options.parseStrings) {
       actions = actions.map(ua => parseUserAction(ua, this.docData!));
-      this._log.debug(docSession, "_applyUserActions(%s, %s) (after parsing)", client, shortDesc(actions));
     }
 
     if (options?.bestEffort) {