diff --git a/src/main/java/net/sf/marineapi/nmea/util/Date.java b/src/main/java/net/sf/marineapi/nmea/util/Date.java
index a9851c7a..68f293a8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/sf/marineapi/nmea/util/Date.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/sf/marineapi/nmea/util/Date.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public Date() {
/**
* Creates a new instance of Date
, assumes the default NMEA
- * 0183 date formatting, ddmmyy
or ddmmyyy
.
+ * 0183 date formatting, ddmmyy
or ddmmyyyy
.
*/
public Date(String date) {
setDay(Integer.parseInt(date.substring(0, 2)));