diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c7c51415b..5ef0111eb 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-07-18  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/RelLib/_DateBase.py: fix the date comparison for text only 
+	dates
+
 2006-07-17  Brian Matherly  <brian@gramps-project.org>
 	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: typo
 	* src/plugins/NarrativeWeb.py: fix name sorting in Windows (bug #236)
diff --git a/src/RelLib/_DateBase.py b/src/RelLib/_DateBase.py
index b10cfe342..dd113bec6 100644
--- a/src/RelLib/_DateBase.py
+++ b/src/RelLib/_DateBase.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class DateBase:
             self.date = Date()
 
     def serialize(self):
-        if self.date == None or self.date.is_empty():
+        if self.date == None or (self.date.is_empty() and not self.date.text):
             date = None
         else:
             date = self.date.serialize()