diff --git a/updates.sql b/updates.sql
index b7e2ab3ea4..af3ab3e1a2 100644
--- a/updates.sql
+++ b/updates.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-|ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `remote-id` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL AFTER `contact-id` ;
+-- ALTER TABLE `item` ADD `remote-id` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL AFTER `contact-id` ;
 
 ALTER TABLE `profile` ADD `politic` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL AFTER `marital` ,
 ADD `religion` CHAR( 255 ) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL AFTER `politic` ;
diff --git a/view/profile_advanced.php b/view/profile_advanced.php
index b36e335828..78053fe0b5 100644
--- a/view/profile_advanced.php
+++ b/view/profile_advanced.php
@@ -34,10 +34,13 @@ $o .= <<< EOT
 <div id="advanced-profile-dob-wrapper" >
 <div id="advanced-profile-dob-text">Birthday:</div>
 EOT;
+
+// If no year, add an arbitrary one so just we can parse the month and day.
+
 $o .= '<div id="advanced-profile-dob">' 
 	. ((intval($a->profile['dob'])) 
 		? datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),$a->profile['dob'],'j F, Y')
-		: datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),substr($a->profile['dob'],6),'j F')) 
+		: datetime_convert('UTC',date_default_timezone_get(),'2001-' . substr($a->profile['dob'],6),'j F')) 
 	. "</div>\r\n</div>";
 
 $o .= '<div id="advanced-profile-dob-end"></div>';