diff --git a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java
index 89cfbe5..ae3a8e0 100644
--- a/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java
+++ b/asterix-runtime/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/runtime/evaluators/functions/temporal/ParseDateTimeDescriptor.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
 
                             if (!processSuccessfully) {
                                 throw new HyracksDataException(
-                                        "parse-date: Failed to match with any given format string!");
+                                        "parse-datetime: Failed to match with any given format string!");
                             }
 
                             aDateTime.setValue(chronon);