diff --git a/headphones/helpers.py b/headphones/helpers.py
index af9bb9a2..f39ea7b8 100644
--- a/headphones/helpers.py
+++ b/headphones/helpers.py
@@ -166,18 +166,17 @@ def now():
     return now.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 
 
-def get_age(date):
-    try:
-        split_date = date.split('-')
-    except:
+def is_valid_date(date):
+    if not date:
         return False
+    else:
+        return bool(re.match(r'\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}', date))
 
-    try:
-        days_old = int(split_date[0]) * 365 + int(split_date[1]) * 30 + int(split_date[2])
-    except (IndexError, ValueError):
-        days_old = False
 
-    return days_old
+def age(d):
+    '''Requires a valid date'''
+    delta = date.today() - date.fromisoformat(d)
+    return delta.days
 
 
 def bytes_to_mb(bytes):
diff --git a/headphones/helpers_test.py b/headphones/helpers_test.py
index 3fd09aa4..16753f91 100644
--- a/headphones/helpers_test.py
+++ b/headphones/helpers_test.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 from .unittestcompat import TestCase
-from headphones.helpers import clean_name
+from headphones.helpers import clean_name, is_valid_date, age
 
 
 class HelpersTest(TestCase):
@@ -46,3 +46,13 @@ class HelpersTest(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             test, expected, "check clean_name() with narrow non-ascii input"
         )
+
+    def test_is_valid_date(date):
+        test_cases = [
+            ('2021-11-12', True, "check is_valid_date returns True for valid date"),
+            (None, False, "check is_valid_date returns False for None"),
+            ('2021-11', False, "check is_valid_date returns False for incomplete"),
+            ('2021', False, "check is_valid_date returns False for incomplete")
+        ]
+        for input, expected, desc in test_cases:
+            self.assertEqual(is_valid_date(input), expected, desc)
diff --git a/headphones/importer.py b/headphones/importer.py
index b2459787..08953d79 100644
--- a/headphones/importer.py
+++ b/headphones/importer.py
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ def addArtisttoDB(artistid, extrasonly=False, forcefull=False, type="artist"):
         rgid = rg['id']
         skip_log = 0
         # Make a user configurable variable to skip update of albums with release dates older than this date (in days)
-        pause_delta = headphones.CONFIG.MB_IGNORE_AGE
+        ignore_age = headphones.CONFIG.MB_IGNORE_AGE
 
         rg_exists = myDB.action("SELECT * from albums WHERE AlbumID=?", [rg['id']]).fetchone()
 
@@ -279,13 +279,13 @@ def addArtisttoDB(artistid, extrasonly=False, forcefull=False, type="artist"):
                         release_date = check_release_date + "-12-31"
                     else:
                         release_date = today
-                    if helpers.get_age(today) - helpers.get_age(release_date) < pause_delta:
+                    if helpers.age(release_date) < ignore_age:
                         logger.info("[%s] Now updating: %s (Release Date <%s Days)",
-                                    artist['artist_name'], rg['title'], pause_delta)
+                                    artist['artist_name'], rg['title'], ignore_age)
                         new_releases = mb.get_new_releases(rgid, includeExtras, True)
                     else:
                         logger.info("[%s] Skipping: %s (Release Date >%s Days)",
-                                    artist['artist_name'], rg['title'], pause_delta)
+                                    artist['artist_name'], rg['title'], ignore_age)
                         skip_log = 1
                         new_releases = 0
 
@@ -450,14 +450,9 @@ def addArtisttoDB(artistid, extrasonly=False, forcefull=False, type="artist"):
 
                 if headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_ALL:
                     newValueDict['Status'] = "Wanted"
-                elif album['ReleaseDate'] > today and headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_UPCOMING:
-                    newValueDict['Status'] = "Wanted"
-                # Sometimes "new" albums are added to musicbrainz after their release date, so let's try to catch these
-                # The first test just makes sure we have year-month-day
-                elif helpers.get_age(album['ReleaseDate']) and helpers.get_age(
-                        today) - helpers.get_age(
-                        album['ReleaseDate']) < 21 and headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_UPCOMING:
-                    newValueDict['Status'] = "Wanted"
+                elif headphones.CONFIG.AUTOWANT_UPCOMING:
+                    if helpers.is_valid_date(album['ReleaseDate']) and helpers.age(album['ReleaseDate']) < 21:
+                        newValueDict['Status'] = "Wanted"
                 else:
                     newValueDict['Status'] = "Skipped"