diff --git a/emailcommon/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/Utility.java b/emailcommon/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/Utility.java
index 6ef1d8421..592d03c15 100644
--- a/emailcommon/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/Utility.java
+++ b/emailcommon/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/Utility.java
@@ -263,6 +263,9 @@ public class Utility {
         return cal;
     }
 
+    private static final ThreadLocalDateFormat mAbbrevEmailDateTimeFormat =
+        new ThreadLocalDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
+
     private static final ThreadLocalDateFormat mEmailDateTimeFormat =
         new ThreadLocalDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
 
@@ -277,7 +280,9 @@ public class Utility {
     @VisibleForTesting
     public static long parseEmailDateTimeToMillis(String date) throws ParseException {
         final GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
-        if (date.length() <= 20) {
+        if (date.length() <= 10) {
+            cal.setTime(mAbbrevEmailDateTimeFormat.parse(date));
+        } else if (date.length() <= 20) {
             cal.setTime(mEmailDateTimeFormat.parse(date));
         } else {
             cal.setTime(mEmailDateTimeFormatWithMillis.parse(date));
diff --git a/tests/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/UtilityTest.java b/tests/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/UtilityTest.java
index 3d08244b4..c5b0e7f77 100644
--- a/tests/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/UtilityTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/com/android/emailcommon/utility/UtilityTest.java
@@ -63,8 +63,10 @@ public class UtilityTest extends TestCase {
                 2010, 2, 23, 16, 1, 5, 0);
         testParseEmailDateTimeHelper("2009-02-11T18:03:31.123Z",
                 2009, 2, 11, 18, 3, 31, 123);
+        testParseEmailDateTimeHelper("2009-02-11",
+                2009, 2, 11, 0, 0, 0, 0);
         try {
-            testParseEmailDateTimeHelper("2010-02-23", 1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
+            testParseEmailDateTimeHelper("2010-02", 1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0);
             fail("Expected ParseException");
         } catch (ParseException e) {
             // expected