diff --git a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGet.java b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGet.java
index c528561c29..290684e353 100644
--- a/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGet.java
+++ b/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGet.java
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 package org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.solr;
 
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -24,8 +42,6 @@ import org.springframework.extensions.webscripts.WebScriptRequest;
  * You can pass one of these facets in eg. facet=content.creator .  The facet name can be used as a I18n resource bundle key,
  * it also has a predefined structure: group.property[.type] eg. content.created.datetime. The [.type] is optional, the default is String.</description>
  *
- * The facets are configured using Spring config.  For Dates it may be necessary to display a different value from the one you use to query,
- * in this case add the value to the "displayedFacets" map.
  * @author Gethin James
  */
 public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
@@ -34,17 +50,11 @@ public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
     private StatsService stats;
     private SiteService siteService;
     private Map<String,String> facets;
-   // private Map<String,String> displayedFacets;  //alternative facets to use for display
-    
+
     public void setFacets(Map<String, String> facets)
     {
         this.facets = facets;
     }
-//    
-//    public void setDisplayedFacets(Map<String, String> displayedFacets)
-//    {
-//        this.displayedFacets = displayedFacets;
-//    }
 
     public void setStats(StatsService stats)
     {
@@ -82,7 +92,6 @@ public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
 
        String facetKey = req.getParameter("facet");
        if (facetKey == null) facetKey = facets.entrySet().iterator().next().getKey();  //default
-       //boolean usesDateTime = (facetKey != null && facetKey.endsWith(DATE_TIME_SUFFIX));
        String query;
        
        QName propFacet = findFacet(facetKey);
@@ -98,7 +107,6 @@ public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
        
        model.put("result", result);
        model.put("resultSize", result.getStats().size());
-       //model.put("isDate", startAndEnd!=null);
        return model;
     }
 
@@ -113,18 +121,8 @@ public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
        {
            throw new AccessDeniedException("Invalid facet key:"+facetKey);
        }
-       
-       //If there is an alternative facet to use for display then use it.
-//       if (displayedFacets.containsKey(facetKey))
-//       {
-//           QName propFacet = QName.createQName(displayedFacets.get(facetKey));
-//           return propFacet;       
-//       }
-//       else 
-//       {
-           QName propFacet = QName.createQName(facets.get(facetKey));
-           return propFacet;
-   //    }
+       QName propFacet = QName.createQName(facets.get(facetKey));
+       return propFacet;
 
     }
 
@@ -136,7 +134,7 @@ public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
         if (startEndDate != null)
         {
             //QName propFacet = QName.createQName(facets.get(facetKey));
-            String dateFacet = "{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}created";//hard coded for now.
+            String dateFacet = ContentModel.PROP_CREATED.toString();//hard coded for now.
             luceneQuery.append(" AND "+dateFacet.toString()+":(\""+startEndDate.getFirst()+"\"..\""+startEndDate.getSecond()+"\")");
         }
         
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@ public class StatsGet extends DeclarativeWebScript
     /**
      * Allows you to add a facet to the list of available facets for Solr Statistics
      * @param facetKey e.g. content.mimetype
-     * @param facetType e.g. @{http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content.mimetype
+     * @param facetType e.g. {http://www.alfresco.org/model/content/1.0}content.mimetype
      */
     public void addFacet(String facetKey, String facetType)
     {
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/remoteapi/AllUnitTestsSuite.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/remoteapi/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
index 9350fcfaf8..baa8faf2b7 100644
--- a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/remoteapi/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/remoteapi/AllUnitTestsSuite.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import junit.framework.JUnit4TestAdapter;
 import junit.framework.Test;
 import junit.framework.TestSuite;
 
+import org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.solr.StatsGetTest;
 import org.alfresco.repo.web.util.PagingCursorTest;
 import org.alfresco.repo.web.util.paging.PagingTest;
 import org.alfresco.repo.webdav.GetMethodTest;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public class AllUnitTestsSuite extends TestSuite
         webdavTests(suite);
         pagingTests(suite);
 
+        suite.addTest(new JUnit4TestAdapter(StatsGetTest.class));
         return suite;
     }
     
diff --git a/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGetTest.java b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGetTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae000d0c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/test-java/org/alfresco/repo/web/scripts/solr/StatsGetTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2005-2014 Alfresco Software Limited.
+ *
+ * This file is part of Alfresco
+ *
+ * Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package org.alfresco.repo.web.scripts.solr;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.alfresco.util.Pair;
+import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Tests StatsGet Webscript
+ *
+ * @author Gethin James
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public class StatsGetTest
+{
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetStartAndEndDates()
+    {
+        LocalDate currentDate = LocalDate.now();
+        Pair<LocalDate, LocalDate> dates = StatsGet.getStartAndEndDates(null, null);
+        assertNull(dates);
+        
+        String test1 = "2014-05-01";
+        String test2 = "2015-06-30";
+        dates = StatsGet.getStartAndEndDates(test1, null);
+        assertNotNull(dates);
+        assertEquals(2014, dates.getFirst().getYear());
+        assertEquals(5, dates.getFirst().getMonthOfYear());
+        assertEquals(1, dates.getFirst().getDayOfMonth());
+        assertEquals(currentDate, dates.getSecond());
+        
+        dates = StatsGet.getStartAndEndDates(null, test2);
+        assertNull(dates);
+        
+        dates = StatsGet.getStartAndEndDates(test1, test2);
+        assertNotNull(dates);
+        assertEquals(2014, dates.getFirst().getYear());
+        assertEquals(5, dates.getFirst().getMonthOfYear());
+        assertEquals(1, dates.getFirst().getDayOfMonth());
+        assertNotNull(dates);
+        assertEquals(2015, dates.getSecond().getYear());
+        assertEquals(6, dates.getSecond().getMonthOfYear());
+        assertEquals(30, dates.getSecond().getDayOfMonth());
+    }
+    
+    @Test(expected=IllegalArgumentException.class)
+    public void testGetStartAndEndDatesWithRubbish()
+    {      
+        Pair<LocalDate, LocalDate> dates = StatsGet.getStartAndEndDates("rubbish", "more");
+        assertNotNull(dates);
+    }
+
+}