diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java
index 8d7435a7..dd8b5618 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/utils/DateConverter.java
@@ -11,12 +11,15 @@ import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.time.format.ResolverStyle;
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import lombok.AccessLevel;
 import lombok.experimental.FieldDefaults;
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ public class DateConverter {
 
     private static DateTimeFormatter DATE_TIME_FORMATTER;
     private static final List<Locale> LOCALES = Arrays.asList(Locale.UK, Locale.US);
+    private static int BASE_YEAR = 1950; // base year 1950 means, that "yy" will be interpreted in range 1950-2049
 
 
     public Optional<Date> parseDate(String dateAsString) {
@@ -96,7 +100,11 @@ public class DateConverter {
             while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                 String pattern = line.trim();
                 if (!pattern.isEmpty()) {
-                    builder.appendOptional(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern, Locale.UK));
+                    if (hasTwoDigitsForYear(pattern)) {
+                        builder.appendOptional(setBaseYear(pattern));
+                    } else {
+                        builder.appendOptional(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(pattern, Locale.UK));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
@@ -106,6 +114,32 @@ public class DateConverter {
     }
 
 
+    private boolean hasTwoDigitsForYear(String input) {
+        // Regex to match any string with exactly two 'y' characters
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^[^y]*(y[^y]*){2}$");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
+
+        return matcher.matches();
+
+    }
+
+
+    private DateTimeFormatter setBaseYear(String pattern) {
+
+        DateTimeFormatterBuilder builder = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder();
+        if (pattern.startsWith("yy")) {
+            String editedPattern = pattern.substring(2);
+            builder.appendValueReduced(ChronoField.YEAR_OF_ERA, 2, 2, BASE_YEAR).appendPattern(editedPattern).toFormatter();
+        } else if (pattern.endsWith("yy")) {
+            String editedPattern = pattern.substring(0, pattern.length() - 2);
+            builder.appendPattern(editedPattern).appendValueReduced(ChronoField.YEAR_OF_ERA, 2, 2, BASE_YEAR).toFormatter();
+        } else {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Date format not supported: " + pattern);
+        }
+        return builder.toFormatter();
+    }
+
+
     private String removeTrailingDot(String dateAsString) {
 
         String str = dateAsString;