diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/elements/DateTimeWithPrecision.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/elements/DateTimeWithPrecision.java
index 2023bd775..24d537494 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/elements/DateTimeWithPrecision.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/elements/DateTimeWithPrecision.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class DateTimeWithPrecision extends BaseEditElement {
                 
         this.displayRequiredLevel = toPrecision( displayRequiredLevelUri );
         if( this.displayRequiredLevel == null )
-            throw new IllegalArgumentException(minimumPrecisionURI 
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(displayRequiredLevelUri 
                     +" is not a valid precision for displayRequiredLevel, see VitroVocabulary.Precision");
         
 //        if( this.displayRequiredLevel.ordinal() < this.minimumPrecision.ordinal() ){
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeIntervalForm.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeIntervalForm.jsp
index 25ba43d6a..a5bda54b6 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeIntervalForm.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeIntervalForm.jsp
@@ -223,9 +223,9 @@
         //setup date time edit elements
         Field startField = editConfig.getField("startField");
         // arguments for DateTimeWithPrecision are (fieldName, minimumPrecision, [requiredLevel])
-        startField.setEditElement(new DateTimeWithPrecision(startField, VitroVocabulary.Precision.YEAR.uri(), VitroVocabulary.Precision.SECOND.uri()));        
+        startField.setEditElement(new DateTimeWithPrecision(startField, VitroVocabulary.Precision.DAY.uri(), VitroVocabulary.Precision.DAY.uri()));        
         Field endField = editConfig.getField("endField");
-        endField.setEditElement(new DateTimeWithPrecision(endField, VitroVocabulary.Precision.YEAR.uri(), VitroVocabulary.Precision.SECOND.uri()));
+        endField.setEditElement(new DateTimeWithPrecision(endField, VitroVocabulary.Precision.DAY.uri(), VitroVocabulary.Precision.DAY.uri()));
     }
     
     editConfig.addValidator(new DateTimeIntervalValidation("startField","endField") ); 
diff --git a/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeValueForm.jsp b/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeValueForm.jsp
index def527fa0..63b3c4f90 100644
--- a/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeValueForm.jsp
+++ b/webapp/web/edit/forms/dateTimeValueForm.jsp
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
         //setup date time edit elements
         Field dateTimeField = editConfig.getField("dateTimeField");
         // arguments for DateTimeWithPrecision are (fieldName, minimumPrecision, [requiredLevel])
-        dateTimeField.setEditElement(new DateTimeWithPrecision(dateTimeField, VitroVocabulary.Precision.YEAR.uri(), VitroVocabulary.Precision.SECOND.uri()));                
+        dateTimeField.setEditElement(new DateTimeWithPrecision(dateTimeField, VitroVocabulary.Precision.DAY.uri(), VitroVocabulary.Precision.DAY.uri()));                
     }     
             
     Model model = (Model) application.getAttribute("jenaOntModel");