diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
index 57b32d55..49fc33a4 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ import de.schildbach.pte.dto.QueryDeparturesResult;
 import de.schildbach.pte.dto.ResultHeader;
 import de.schildbach.pte.dto.StationDepartures;
 import de.schildbach.pte.dto.Stop;
+import de.schildbach.pte.exception.InvalidDataException;
 import de.schildbach.pte.exception.ParserException;
 import de.schildbach.pte.exception.ProtocolException;
 import de.schildbach.pte.exception.SessionExpiredException;
@@ -1552,11 +1553,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 		if (year == 0)
 			return false;
 		if (year < 1900 || year > 2100)
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid year: " + year);
+			throw new InvalidDataException("invalid year: " + year);
 		if (month < 0 || month > 11)
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid month: " + month);
+			throw new InvalidDataException("invalid month: " + month);
 		if (day < 1 || day > 31)
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException("invalid day: " + day);
+			throw new InvalidDataException("invalid day: " + day);
 
 		calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
 		calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, month);
diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/exception/InvalidDataException.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/exception/InvalidDataException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32142cc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/exception/InvalidDataException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package de.schildbach.pte.exception;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andreas Schildbach
+ */
+public class InvalidDataException extends ParserException
+{
+	public InvalidDataException()
+	{
+		super();
+	}
+
+	public InvalidDataException(final String message)
+	{
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+	public InvalidDataException(final String message, final Throwable cause)
+	{
+		super(message);
+		super.initCause(cause);
+	}
+
+	public InvalidDataException(final Throwable cause)
+	{
+		super(cause == null ? null : cause.toString());
+		super.initCause(cause);
+	}
+}