diff --git a/ehri-io/pom.xml b/ehri-io/pom.xml
index e93990d0d..1bfb2a3ba 100644
--- a/ehri-io/pom.xml
+++ b/ehri-io/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@
1.4.1
+
+
+ com.github.sisyphsu
+ dateparser
+ 1.0.11
+
+
com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat
diff --git a/ehri-io/src/main/java/eu/ehri/project/importers/ead/EadImporter.java b/ehri-io/src/main/java/eu/ehri/project/importers/ead/EadImporter.java
index 7155a710a..4f24dc790 100644
--- a/ehri-io/src/main/java/eu/ehri/project/importers/ead/EadImporter.java
+++ b/ehri-io/src/main/java/eu/ehri/project/importers/ead/EadImporter.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
import eu.ehri.project.importers.ImportOptions;
import eu.ehri.project.importers.base.AbstractImporter;
import eu.ehri.project.importers.links.LinkResolver;
+import eu.ehri.project.importers.util.DateParser;
import eu.ehri.project.importers.util.ImportHelpers;
import eu.ehri.project.models.AccessPointType;
import eu.ehri.project.models.DocumentaryUnit;
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ public class EadImporter extends AbstractImporter