diff --git a/ox/imdb.py b/ox/imdb.py
index d776095..e43d7ee 100644
--- a/ox/imdb.py
+++ b/ox/imdb.py
@@ -313,23 +313,35 @@ def getMovieReleaseDate(imdbId):
             first_release = r[1]
     return first_release
 
+def _parseDate(d):
+    try:
+        parsed_date = time.strptime(d, "%d %B %Y")
+        parsed_date = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', parsed_date)
+        return parsed_date
+    except:
+        try:
+            parsed_date = time.strptime(d, "%B %Y")
+            parsed_date = time.strftime('%Y-%m-01', parsed_date)
+            return parsed_date
+        except:
+            pass
+        try:
+            parsed_date = time.strptime(d, "%Y")
+            parsed_date = time.strftime('%Y-01-01', parsed_date)
+            return parsed_date
+        except:
+            pass
+    return d
+
 def getMovieReleaseDates(imdbId):
     url = "%s/releaseinfo" % getUrlBase(imdbId)
     data = getUrlUnicode(url)
     releasedates = []
     regexp = '''<tr><td>(.*?)</td>.*?<td align="right">(.*?)</td>.*?<td>(.*?)</td></tr>'''
 
-    def _parse_date(d):
-        try:
-            parsed_date = time.strptime(d, "%d %B %Y")
-            parsed_date = time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d', parsed_date)
-            return parsed_date
-        except:
-            return d
-
     for r in re.compile(regexp, re.DOTALL).findall(data):
         r_ = (stripTags(r[0]).strip(),
-              _parse_date(stripTags(r[1]).strip()),
+              _parseDate(stripTags(r[1]).strip()),
               decodeHtml(stripTags(r[2]).strip()))
         releasedates.append(r_)
     return releasedates