diff --git a/lens-cube/src/main/java/org/apache/lens/cube/metadata/DateUtil.java b/lens-cube/src/main/java/org/apache/lens/cube/metadata/DateUtil.java
index 17e30a1d3..6eb23d0ed 100644
--- a/lens-cube/src/main/java/org/apache/lens/cube/metadata/DateUtil.java
+++ b/lens-cube/src/main/java/org/apache/lens/cube/metadata/DateUtil.java
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ public static Date resolveRelativeDate(String str, Date now) throws LensExceptio
     Matcher relativeMatcher = P_RELATIVE.matcher(str);
     if (relativeMatcher.find()) {
       String nowWithGranularity = relativeMatcher.group();
-      nowWithGranularity = nowWithGranularity.replaceAll("now", "");
-      nowWithGranularity = nowWithGranularity.replaceAll("\\.", "");
+      nowWithGranularity = nowWithGranularity.replace("now", "");
+      nowWithGranularity = nowWithGranularity.replace(".", "");
 
       Matcher granularityMatcher = P_UNIT.matcher(nowWithGranularity);
       if (granularityMatcher.find()) {