diff --git a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
index 89adf7abc8..0becf4b0b3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
+++ b/src/calibre/gui2/custom_column_widgets.py
@@ -375,14 +375,10 @@ class BulkText(BulkBase):
             ans = original_value
             vals = [v.strip() for v in unicode(self.adding_widget.text()).split(',')]
             for t in vals:
-                print 'adding', t
                 if t not in ans:
                     ans.append(t)
-            print ans
             vals = [v.strip() for v in unicode(self.removing_widget.text()).split(',')]
-            print 'removing', vals
             for t in vals:
-                print 'deleting', t
                 if t in ans:
                     ans.remove(t)
             return ans
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/date.py b/src/calibre/utils/date.py
index e48e10d90f..cb1b1fe1ad 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/date.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/date.py
@@ -25,7 +25,13 @@ class SafeLocalTimeZone(tzlocal):
         return False
 
 def compute_locale_info_for_parse_date():
-    dt = datetime.strptime('1/5/2000', "%x")
+    try:
+        dt = datetime.strptime('1/5/2000', "%x")
+    except ValueError:
+        try:
+            dt = datetime.strptime('1/5/01', '%x')
+        except:
+            return False
     if dt.month == 5:
         return True
     return False