             expect(subject.birthDate, "Subject is missing a birth date")
               .to.exist
             expect(subject.birthDate.valueOf(), "Subject birth date is incorrect")
-              .to.equal(moment('July 7, 1986').valueOf())
+              .to.equal(moment('Jul 7, 1986', 'MMM DD, YYYY').valueOf())
 
         describe 'Clinical', ->
           # Validate the clinical encounters.

                  registration: 'rp1'
                result:
                  delta_k_trans:
                    filename: "path/to/first/delta_k_trans.nii.gz"
                    average: 2.3
                    label_map:
                      filename: "path/to/first/delta_k_trans_color.nii.gz"
                      color_table: "path/to/color_table.txt"
              ]
            }
            {
              _cls: 'Session'
              number: 2
              acquisition_date: moment('August 1, 2013').valueOf()
              detail: 'sd2'
              modelings: [
                resource: 'pk_02'

          project: 'QIN_Test'
          collection: 'Breast'
          number: 1
          birth_date: moment('Aug 21, 1986', 'MMM DD, YYYY').valueOf()
          encounters: [
            {
              _cls: 'Session'
              number: 1
              acquisition_date: moment('Jul 1, 2013', 'MMM DD, YYYY').valueOf()
              detail: 'sd1'
              modelings: [
                resource: 'pk_01'
