diff --git a/package.nw/lib/adif.js b/package.nw/lib/adif.js
index 6cdd731..cb60dee 100644
--- a/package.nw/lib/adif.js
+++ b/package.nw/lib/adif.js
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ function grabLOtWLog(test)
 
 function grabLoTWQSO()
 {
-  var dLoTWQSO = Date.parse(g_adifLogSettings.lastFetch.lotw_qso);
+  var dLoTWQSO = Date.parse(dateToISO8601(g_adifLogSettings.lastFetch.lotw_qso, "Z"));
   var tmpDate = ((new Date().getTime()) - 300);
 
   if ((g_isGettingLOTW == false) && ((isNaN(dLoTWQSO) == false) && (dLoTWQSO < tmpDate)))
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ function grabLoTWQSO()
 
 function grabLoTWQSL()
 {
-  var dLoTWQSL = Date.parse(g_adifLogSettings.lastFetch.lotw_qsl);
+  var dLoTWQSL = Date.parse(dateToISO8601(g_adifLogSettings.lastFetch.lotw_qsl, "Z"));
   var tmpDate = ((new Date().getTime()) - 300);
 
   if ((g_isGettingLOTW == false) && ((isNaN(dLoTWQSL) == false) && (dLoTWQSL < tmpDate)))
diff --git a/package.nw/lib/gt.js b/package.nw/lib/gt.js
index d294e37..8a5d733 100644
--- a/package.nw/lib/gt.js
+++ b/package.nw/lib/gt.js
@@ -911,6 +911,28 @@ function userTimeString(Msec)
   return dateToString(dateTime);
 }
 
+function dateToISO8601(dString, tZone)
+{
+  var retDate = "";
+  var tZone = (typeof tZone !== "undefined") ? tZone : "Z";
+  var dateParts = dString.match(/(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})(\s+(\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}))?/);
+
+  if (dateParts !== null)
+  {
+    retDate = dateParts[1]
+    if ((typeof dateParts[3]) !== "undefined")
+    {
+      retDate += "T" + dateParts[3] + ".000" + tZone;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      retDate += "T00:00:00.000" + tZone;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return retDate;
+}
+
 function getWpx(callsign)
 {
   var prefix = null;