diff --git a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/DateTimeIntervalValidationVTwo.java b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/DateTimeIntervalValidationVTwo.java
index 4fe1b5cf9a..d2c682673d 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/DateTimeIntervalValidationVTwo.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/edit/n3editing/VTwo/DateTimeIntervalValidationVTwo.java
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ private Map<String, String> checkDateLiterals(
                  Calendar endCal = endDate.asCalendar();
 
                  if( endCal != null ){
-                     if (!startCal.before(endCal) && !startCal.equals(endCal)) {
+                     if (startCal.after(endCal)) {
                          if( startPrecision == VitroVocabulary.Precision.YEAR
                              && endPrecision == VitroVocabulary.Precision.YEAR ){
                              errors.putAll( checkYears(startCal,endCal));