diff --git a/docs/include/application.php b/docs/include/application.php
index b151258..e460e8d 100644
--- a/docs/include/application.php
+++ b/docs/include/application.php
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require_once('DB.php');
 class Application{
     var $authority_id = 0;
 	var $council_reference = "";
-	var $date_recieved = "";
+	var $date_received = "";
 	var $date_scraped ="";
 	var $address = "";
 	var $postcode = "";
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ class Application{
           $x = $db->quote($this->x);     
           $y = $db->quote($this->y);     
           $date_scraped = $db->quote($this->date_scraped);     
+          $date_received = $db->quote($this->date_received);     
           $map_url = $db->quote($this->map_url);                                               
 
         $sql ="insert into application 
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class Application{
             x,
             y,
             date_scraped,
+            date_recieved,
             map_url
             )
             values(
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ class Application{
             $x,
             $y,
             $date_scraped,
+            $date_received,
             $map_url
             )";
             
diff --git a/tools/application_parser.php b/tools/application_parser.php
index 8fb03c7..beeb96d 100644
--- a/tools/application_parser.php
+++ b/tools/application_parser.php
@@ -135,7 +135,18 @@
                 //Grab basic data from the xml
                 $application->authority_id = $authority_id;
                 $application->council_reference = $parsed_application->council_reference;
-                $application->date_received = $parsed_application->date_received;            
+
+                $date_received_dmy = split("/", $parsed_application->date_received);
+                if (count($date_received_dmy) == 3){
+                    $application->date_received = "$date_received_dmy[2]-$date_received_dmy[1]-$date_received_dmy[0]";
+                } else {
+                    // Make a best effort attempt to parse the date
+                    $ts = strtotime($parsed_application->date_received);
+                    if ($ts != FALSE && $ts != -1) {
+                        $application->date_received = date("Y-m-d", $ts);
+                    }
+                }
+
                 $application->address = $parsed_application->address;            
                 $application->postcode = $parsed_application->postcode;                        
                 $application->description = $parsed_application->description;