diff --git a/Frameworks/PlugIns/PostgresqlPlugIn/Sources/com/webobjects/jdbcadaptor/PostgresqlExpression.java b/Frameworks/PlugIns/PostgresqlPlugIn/Sources/com/webobjects/jdbcadaptor/PostgresqlExpression.java
index b749b318644..7d7cd6eab32 100644
--- a/Frameworks/PlugIns/PostgresqlPlugIn/Sources/com/webobjects/jdbcadaptor/PostgresqlExpression.java
+++ b/Frameworks/PlugIns/PostgresqlPlugIn/Sources/com/webobjects/jdbcadaptor/PostgresqlExpression.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Enumeration;
 
@@ -24,7 +25,6 @@
 import com.webobjects.foundation.NSMutableDictionary;
 import com.webobjects.foundation.NSSelector;
 import com.webobjects.foundation.NSTimestamp;
-import com.webobjects.foundation.NSTimestampFormatter;
 import com.webobjects.foundation._NSStringUtilities;
 
 /**
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ public class PostgresqlExpression extends JDBCExpression {
     /**
      * formatter to use when handling date columns
      */
-    private static final NSTimestampFormatter DATE_FORMATTER = new NSTimestampFormatter("%Y-%m-%d");
+    private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
 
     /**
      * formatter to use when handling timestamps
      */
-    private static final NSTimestampFormatter TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER = new NSTimestampFormatter("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%F");
+    private static final SimpleDateFormat TIMESTAMP_FORMATTER = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS");
 
     /**
      * Method to get the string value from a BigDecimals from.