diff --git a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
index 4ad50c111..b5690e535 100644
--- a/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
+++ b/app/dao/notifications_dao.py
@@ -103,8 +103,19 @@ def dao_create_notification(notification):
             orig_time = notification.created_at
 
             now_time = utc_now()
-            print(hilite(f"original time: {orig_time} - {type(orig_time)} \n now time: {now_time} - {type(now_time)}"))
-            diff_time = now_time - datetime.strptime(orig_time, "%Y-%m-%D-%H-%M-%S")
+            print(
+                hilite(
+                    f"original time: {orig_time} - {type(orig_time)} \n now time: {now_time} - {type(now_time)}"
+                )
+            )
+            try:
+                diff_time = now_time - orig_time
+            except TypeError:
+                try:
+                    orig_time = datetime.strptime(orig_time, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ")
+                except ValueError:
+                    orig_time = datetime.strptime(orig_time, "%Y-%m-%d")
+                diff_time = now_time - orig_time
             current_app.logger.error(
                 f"dao_create_notification orig created at: {orig_time} and now created at: {now_time}"
             )
diff --git a/tests/app/celery/test_reporting_tasks.py b/tests/app/celery/test_reporting_tasks.py
index 124038d48..952c65e09 100644
--- a/tests/app/celery/test_reporting_tasks.py
+++ b/tests/app/celery/test_reporting_tasks.py
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ def test_create_nightly_notification_status_triggers_relevant_tasks(
     mock_celery = mocker.patch(
         "app.celery.reporting_tasks.create_nightly_notification_status_for_service_and_day"
     ).apply_async
-
     for notification_type in NotificationType:
         template = create_template(sample_service, template_type=notification_type)
         create_notification(template=template, created_at=notification_date)