diff --git a/metaknowledge/WOS/tagProcessing/helpFuncs.py b/metaknowledge/WOS/tagProcessing/helpFuncs.py
index 5446afe..13e2ad3 100644
--- a/metaknowledge/WOS/tagProcessing/helpFuncs.py
+++ b/metaknowledge/WOS/tagProcessing/helpFuncs.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import re
+
 #Written by Reid McIlroy-Young for Dr. John McLevey, University of Waterloo 2015
 monthDict = {'SPR': 3, 'SUM': 6, 'FAL': 9, 'WIN': 12, 'JAN' : 1, 'FEB' : 2, 'MAR' : 3, 'APR' : 4, 'MAY' : 5, 'JUN' : 6 , 'JUL' : 7, 'AUG' : 8, 'SEP' : 9, 'OCT' : 10, 'NOV' : 11, 'DEC' : 12}
 
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ def getMonth(s):
     Month Year ("%b %Y")
     Year Month Day ("%Y %m %d")
     """
-    monthOrSeason = s.split('-')[0].upper()
+    monthOrSeason = [x for x in re.split(r'[ |.|-]',s)][1][:3].upper()
     if monthOrSeason in monthDict:
         return monthDict[monthOrSeason]
     else: