diff --git a/app/test/meadow/batches_test.exs b/app/test/meadow/batches_test.exs
index 46d497b6d..228904d1e 100644
--- a/app/test/meadow/batches_test.exs
+++ b/app/test/meadow/batches_test.exs
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ defmodule Meadow.BatchesTest do
       add = %{
         descriptive_metadata: %{
           box_name: ["His Airness"],
-          date_created: [%{edtf: "1009"}, %{edtf: "100X"}, %{edtf: "~1968?"}]
+          date_created: [%{edtf: "1009"}, %{edtf: "100X"}, %{edtf: "1968%"}]
         }
       }
 
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ defmodule Meadow.BatchesTest do
         assert work.descriptive_metadata.date_created == [
                  %{edtf: "1009", humanized: "1009"},
                  %{edtf: "100X", humanized: "1000s"},
-                 %{edtf: "~1968", humanized: "circa 1968?"}
+                 %{edtf: "1968%", humanized: "circa 1968?"}
                ]
       end)
     end