diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerConfigurationLoader.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerConfigurationLoader.java
index 1cfc876c6..73657df64 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerConfigurationLoader.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/FreemarkerConfigurationLoader.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class FreemarkerConfigurationLoader {
         
         String dateFormat = "M/d/yyyy";
         config.setDateFormat(dateFormat);
-        String timeFormat = "hh:mm a";
+        String timeFormat = "h:mm a";
         config.setTimeFormat(timeFormat);
         config.setDateTimeFormat(dateFormat + " " + timeFormat);
         
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
index 0a7b7251c..dc4835cf2 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena.java
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements Objec
      */
     public List<Map<String, String>> getObjectPropertyStatementsForIndividualByProperty(String subjectUri, String propertyUri, String queryString) {  
         
-        log.debug("Object property query string: " + queryString);
+        log.debug("Query string for object property " + propertyUri + ": " + queryString);
         
         Query query = null;
         try {
             query = QueryFactory.create(queryString, Syntax.syntaxARQ);
         } catch(Throwable th){
-            log.error("could not create SPARQL query for query string " + th.getMessage());
+            log.error("Could not create SPARQL query for query string. " + th.getMessage());
             log.error(queryString);
         } 
 
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ public class ObjectPropertyStatementDaoJena extends JenaBaseDao implements Objec
             QueryExecution qexec = QueryExecutionFactory.create(
                     query, dataset, bindings);
             ResultSet results = qexec.execSelect();
-        
+
             while (results.hasNext()) {
                 QuerySolution soln = results.nextSolution();
                 list.add(QueryUtils.querySolutionToStringValueMap(soln));
diff --git a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-datetime.ftl b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-datetime.ftl
index a82c92f91..bb8e4576c 100644
--- a/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-datetime.ftl
+++ b/webapp/web/templates/freemarker/lib/lib-datetime.ftl
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 <#-- $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ -->
 
-<#-- Macros and functions for datetime formatting. 
-
-     Currently these do more than format the datetime string, they actually select the precision as well. This should change in a future
-     implementation; see NIHVIVO-1567. We want the Java code to apply the precision to the datetime string to pass only the
-     meaningful data to the templates. The templates can format as they like, so these functions/macros would do display formatting
-     but not data extraction.
- -->
+<#-- Macros for datetime formatting  --> 
 
 <#-- Macro yearInterval
 
@@ -39,15 +33,77 @@
     </#if>  
 </#macro>
 
-<#-- Function xsdDateTimeToYear 
-     
-     Display an XSD datetime string as a year.
-     
-     Example: 1983-12-07T17:15:28Z displays as 1983
+<#macro dateTimeInterval dateTimeStart precisionStart dateTimeEnd precisionEnd endAsRange=true>
+
+    <#if dateTimeStart?has_content>   
+        <#local start = formatXsdDateTime(dateTimeStart, precisionStart)>
+    </#if>
+    
+    <#if dateTimeEnd?has_content>
+        <#local end = formatXsdDateTime(dateTimeEnd, precisionEnd)>
+    </#if>
+    
+    <#local interval>
+        <#if start?? && end??>
+            ${start} - ${end}
+        <#elseif start??>
+            ${start} -
+        <#elseif end??>
+            <#if endAsRange>- </#if>${end}
+        </#if>
+    </#local>
+    
+    <#if interval?has_content>
+        <span class="listDateTime">${interval}</span>
+    </#if>
+</#macro>
+
+<#-- Functions for formatting and applying precision to a datetime
+
+     Currently these do more than format the datetime string, they select the precision as well. This should change in a future
+     implementation; see NIHVIVO-1567. We want the Java code to apply the precision to the datetime string to pass only the
+     meaningful data to the templates. The templates can format as they like, so these functions/macros would do display formatting
+     but not data extraction.
 -->
 
-<#function xsdDateTimeToYear datetime>
-    <#return datetime?date("yyyy")?string("yyyy") >
+<#function toDateTime dateTimeString>
+    <#-- First convert the datetime string to a string format that Freemarker 
+         understands, then to a datetime object -->
+    <#return dateTimeString?replace("T", " ")?datetime("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")>
 </#function>
 
+<#function formatXsdDateTime dateTime precision view="short">
 
+    <#-- Convert to a string format that Freemarker understands,
+    then to a datetime -->
+    <#local dt = toDateTime(dateTime)>
+    
+    <#-- Use the precision to determine which portion to display, 
+         and the view to determine how to display it.  -->
+    <#local format>
+        <#if view == "long">
+            <#if precision == "yearPrecision">yyyy
+            <#elseif precision == "yearMonthPrecision">MMMM yyyy
+            <#elseif precision == "yearMonthDayPrecision">MMMM d, yyyy
+            <#else>MMMM d, yyyy h:mm a
+            </#if>
+        <#else>
+             <#if precision == "yearPrecision">yyyy
+            <#elseif precision == "yearMonthPrecision">M-yyyy
+            <#elseif precision == "yearMonthDayPrecision">M-d-yyyy
+            <#else>M-d-yyyy h:mm a
+            </#if>
+        </#if>
+    </#local>
+    
+    <#return dt?string(format)>
+</#function>
+     
+<#-- Function xsdDateTimeToYear -->
+
+<#-- get rid of this -->
+
+<#function xsdDateTimeToYear datetime>
+    <#local format = "yyyy">
+    <#return datetime?date(format)?string(format)>
+</#function>