diff --git a/application/modules/courses/controllers/PublicViewController.php b/application/modules/courses/controllers/PublicViewController.php
index e82bb7a8822a016848947a7966961527fb7e3de9..5d9af8938590a73f6a5b03e1e7317ab8c942df07 100644
--- a/application/modules/courses/controllers/PublicViewController.php
+++ b/application/modules/courses/controllers/PublicViewController.php
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class Courses_PublicViewController extends App_Controller_Action {
 	    $previousRequests = Courses_CourseModel::findAllRequestsForCourse($course);
 	    $previousRequests->orderBy('getLastApprovalTimestamp', SORT_DESC);
 	    
-	    $this->view->effectiveDate = new Unl_Date_Null('Not Available');
+	    $this->view->effectiveDate = new Unl_Date_Null('Prior to April, 2008.');
 	    foreach ($previousRequests as $previousRequest) {
 	        $this->view->effectiveDate = $previousRequest->getLastApprovalTime();
 	        break;
diff --git a/application/modules/requests/models/RequestModel.php b/application/modules/requests/models/RequestModel.php
index 82aa3fb19ad51bf25a9520d82604d63746f2c019..0c4dd263c6144eced18394204a56d4427bf49cd5 100644
--- a/application/modules/requests/models/RequestModel.php
+++ b/application/modules/requests/models/RequestModel.php
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ class Requests_RequestModel extends Unl_Model
     	if ($time > 0) {
     		return new Zend_Date($time);
     	}
-    	return new Unl_Date_Null('Not Available');
+    	return new Unl_Date_Null('Prior to April, 2008.');
     }
     
     public function getLastApprovalTimestamp()