diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 592a083..b93c224 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # cartodb/Makefile
 
 EXTENSION = cartodb
-EXTVERSION = 0.7.1
+EXTVERSION = 0.7.2
 
 SED = sed
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ UPGRADABLE = \
   0.5.3 \
   0.6.0 \
   0.7.0 \
+  0.7.1 \
   $(EXTVERSION)dev \
   $(EXTVERSION)next \
   $(END)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 2c698ca..1761467 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-0.7.2 (2015-mm-dd)
+0.7.2 (2015-03-03)
 ------------------
+* Fix conversion of strings to datetime
 
 0.7.1 (2015-02-27)
 ------------------
diff --git a/scripts-available/CDB_StringToDate.sql b/scripts-available/CDB_StringToDate.sql
index fa2db05..33ae048 100644
--- a/scripts-available/CDB_StringToDate.sql
+++ b/scripts-available/CDB_StringToDate.sql
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 -- Convert string to date
 --
 CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION CDB_StringToDate(input character varying)
-RETURNS date AS $$
-DECLARE output DATE;
+RETURNS TIMESTAMP AS $$
+DECLARE output TIMESTAMP;
 BEGIN
     BEGIN
         output := input::date;