diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev
index b785255383b..799f2534258 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.bzrrev
@@ -1 +1 @@
-9139
\ No newline at end of file
+9140
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev
index 1bc9514ff79..23ce5baed32 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/.gitrev
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1bead98c517f658b17d42f2f79d8ce80317a7040
\ No newline at end of file
+af46080505c3103888846c59551f41e0af823bb1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Util.pm b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Util.pm
index be65b46c655..670f5f8f28b 100644
--- a/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Util.pm
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/bugzilla/Bugzilla/Util.pm
@@ -552,9 +552,14 @@ sub datetime_from {
     # In the database, this is the "0" date.
     return undef if $date =~ /^0000/;
 
-    # strptime($date) returns an empty array if $date has an invalid
-    # date format.
-    my @time = strptime($date);
+    my @time;
+    # Most dates will be in this format, avoid strptime's generic parser
+    if ($date =~ /^(\d{4})[\.-](\d{2})[\.-](\d{2})(?: (\d{2}):(\d{2}):(\d{2}))?$/) {
+        @time = ($6, $5, $4, $3, $2 - 1, $1 - 1900, undef);
+    }
+    else {
+        @time = strptime($date);
+    }
 
     unless (scalar @time) {
         # If an unknown timezone is passed (such as MSK, for Moskow),