diff --git a/src/calibre/db/tests/reading.py b/src/calibre/db/tests/reading.py
index cd9bbe088d..79afb48bed 100644
--- a/src/calibre/db/tests/reading.py
+++ b/src/calibre/db/tests/reading.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class ReadingTest(BaseTest):
         old = LibraryDatabase2(self.library_path)
         oldvals = {query:set(old.search_getting_ids(query, '')) for query in (
             # Date tests
-            'date:9/6/2011', 'date:true', 'date:false', 'pubdate:9/2011',
+            'date:9/6/2011', 'date:true', 'date:false', 'pubdate:1/9/2011',
             '#date:true', 'date:<100daysago', 'date:>9/6/2011',
             '#date:>9/1/2011', '#date:=2011',
 
diff --git a/src/calibre/library/caches.py b/src/calibre/library/caches.py
index 858cbd828f..21c798699e 100644
--- a/src/calibre/library/caches.py
+++ b/src/calibre/library/caches.py
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ class ResultCache(SearchQueryParser):  # {{{
                         query[1:1] in '=<>!':
                     vf = lambda item, loc=fm['rec_index'], \
                                 ms=fm['is_multiple']['cache_to_list']:\
-                            len(item[loc].split(ms)) if item[loc] is not None else 0
+                                len(item[loc].split(ms)) if item[loc] is not None else 0
                     return self.get_numeric_matches(location, query[1:],
                                                     candidates, val_func=vf)