diff --git a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/gclient/DateClientParam.java b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/gclient/DateClientParam.java
index 2fbdcc30542..4dc1f5b914c 100644
--- a/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/gclient/DateClientParam.java
+++ b/hapi-fhir-base/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/rest/gclient/DateClientParam.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class DateClientParam implements IParam {
 	}
 
 	public IDateSpecifier before() {
-		return new DateWithPrefix("<=");
+		return new DateWithPrefix("<");
 	}
 
 	public IDateSpecifier beforeOrEquals() {
diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index cf35ad9a0dd..46cddfd6b4d 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@
 				Observation.applies[x] and other similar search fields with multiple allowable 
 				value types were not being correctly indexed in the JPA server.    
 			</action>
+			<action type="fix" issue="122">
+				DateClientParam.before() incorrectly placed "&lt;=" instead of 
+				"&lt;" in the request URL. Thanks to Ryan for reporting!    
+			</action>
 		</release>
 		<release version="0.8" date="2014-Dec-17">
 			<action type="add">