diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/DateTimeMigration.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/DateTimeMigration.java
index ed8afb27e..3d773bdb9 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/DateTimeMigration.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/DateTimeMigration.java
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ public class DateTimeMigration {
 	 */
 	public void updateLiterals() throws IOException {
 
-		//TODO: look into java locale note: not handling timezones - they are not expected to be in the 1.1.1 data
 		DateFormat yearFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");
 		DateFormat yearMonthFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM");
 		DateFormat yearMonthDayFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+		DateFormat yearMonthDayFormat2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
 	 	
 		aboxModel.enterCriticalSection(Lock.WRITE);
 		
@@ -189,9 +189,14 @@ public class DateTimeMigration {
 		    	   try {
 		               date = yearMonthDayFormat.parse(stmt.getObject().asLiteral().getLexicalForm());
 		               newStmt = ResourceFactory.createStatement(stmt.getSubject(), stmt.getPredicate(), getDateTimeLiteral(date) );
-		    	   } catch (ParseException pe) {
-		    		   logger.log("Parse Exception for yearMonthDay literal: " + stmt.getObject().asLiteral().getLexicalForm() + 
-		    				   ". The following statement has been removed from the knowledge base " + ABoxUpdater.stmtString(stmt));
+		    	   } catch (ParseException pe) {		   
+		    		   try {
+		                   date = yearMonthDayFormat2.parse(stmt.getObject().asLiteral().getLexicalForm());
+		                   newStmt = ResourceFactory.createStatement(stmt.getSubject(), stmt.getPredicate(), getDateTimeLiteral(date) );  		   
+		    		   } catch (ParseException pe2) {
+			    		   logger.log("Parse Exception for yearMonthDay literal: " + stmt.getObject().asLiteral().getLexicalForm() + 
+			    				   ". The following statement has been removed from the knowledge base " + ABoxUpdater.stmtString(stmt));		    			   
+		    		   }
 		    	   }	   
 		       } else  if (ymdtPrecisionURI.equals(precision)) {
 		    	   logger.log("WARNING: unhandled precision found for individual " + stmt.getSubject().getURI() + ": " + precision +
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
index 07fb45624..80464c773 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/KnowledgeBaseUpdater.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 			
 			long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
             System.out.println("Migrating the knowledge base");
+            logger.log("Started");
 			
 			try {
 			     performUpdate();
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java
index 72028523f..ac8d8ad9a 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/ontology/update/SimpleChangeLogger.java
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ public class SimpleChangeLogger implements ChangeLogger {
 	
 	private boolean errorsWritten = false;
 	
-	public SimpleChangeLogger( String logPath, 
-									   String errorPath ) {
+	public SimpleChangeLogger( String logPath, String errorPath ) {
 		File logFile = new File(logPath);
 		File errorFile = new File(errorPath);
 		try {