diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java
index 9a82a81b87..27dcf10f1f 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/content/DCDate.java
@@ -639,9 +639,9 @@ public class DCDate
                                      dd.getHourGMT(), dd.getMinuteGMT(), dd.getSecondGMT());
             }
         }
-        else if (granularity == DateGran.DAY)
+        else if (granularity == DateGran.YEAR)
         {
-            return String.format("%d-%s-%4d", dd.getDay(), monthName, dd.getYear());
+            return String.format("%4d", dd.getYear());
         }
         else if (granularity == DateGran.MONTH)
         {
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ public class DCDate
         }
         else
         {
-            return String.format("%4d", dd.getYear());
+            return String.format("%d-%s-%4d", dd.getDay(), monthName, dd.getYear());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/dspace/CHANGES b/dspace/CHANGES
index 1f74375d09..ef861870a8 100644
--- a/dspace/CHANGES
+++ b/dspace/CHANGES
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 (Stuart Lewis)
  - [DS-506] embargo-lifter command missing from launcher.xml
 
+(Mark Wood)
+ - [DS-469] DCDate.displayDate(false,*) displays only year
+
 1.6.0 final
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