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 eddef1318..7f7a22987 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
@@ -81,9 +81,8 @@ public class KnowledgeBaseUpdater {
 			record.writeChanges();
 			logger.closeLogs();
 
-			long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-			System.out.println("Finished knowledge base migration in " + (endTime - startTime)/1000 + " seconds");
-
+			long elapsedSecs = (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime)/1000;		
+			System.out.println("Finished knowledge base migration in " + elapsedSecs + " second" + (elapsedSecs != 1 ? "s" : ""));
 		}
 		
 		return updateRequired;
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 cc297acd7..72028523f 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
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class SimpleChangeLogger implements ChangeLogger {
 		String className = ((StackTraceElement)elements[1]).getClassName();
 		className = className.substring(className.lastIndexOf('.') + 1 );
 		Date now = new Date();
-		SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss");
+		SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm a z");
 		logWriter.write(formatter.format(now) + " " + className + ":  " + logMessage + "\n\n");
 		logWriter.flush();		
 	}