diff --git a/api/current.xml b/api/current.xml
index 5b1e4d1a35a15..b7760522f61ed 100644
--- a/api/current.xml
+++ b/api/current.xml
@@ -113131,6 +113131,37 @@
 >
 </field>
 </interface>
+<class name="ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Birthday"
+ extends="java.lang.Object"
+ abstract="false"
+ static="true"
+ final="true"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+<field name="BIRTHDAY"
+ type="java.lang.String"
+ transient="false"
+ volatile="false"
+ value="&quot;data1&quot;"
+ static="true"
+ final="true"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</field>
+<field name="CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE"
+ type="java.lang.String"
+ transient="false"
+ volatile="false"
+ value="&quot;vnd.android.cursor.item/birthday&quot;"
+ static="true"
+ final="true"
+ deprecated="not deprecated"
+ visibility="public"
+>
+</field>
+</class>
 <class name="ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email"
  extends="java.lang.Object"
  abstract="false"
@@ -113617,37 +113648,6 @@
 >
 </field>
 </class>
-<class name="ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Miscellaneous"
- extends="java.lang.Object"
- abstract="false"
- static="true"
- final="true"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-<field name="BIRTHDAY"
- type="java.lang.String"
- transient="false"
- volatile="false"
- value="&quot;data1&quot;"
- static="true"
- final="true"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</field>
-<field name="CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE"
- type="java.lang.String"
- transient="false"
- volatile="false"
- value="&quot;vnd.android.cursor.item/misc&quot;"
- static="true"
- final="true"
- deprecated="not deprecated"
- visibility="public"
->
-</field>
-</class>
 <class name="ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Nickname"
  extends="java.lang.Object"
  abstract="false"
diff --git a/core/java/android/pim/vcard/ContactStruct.java b/core/java/android/pim/vcard/ContactStruct.java
index d7fc2d16a15a9..35224c743fbf5 100644
--- a/core/java/android/pim/vcard/ContactStruct.java
+++ b/core/java/android/pim/vcard/ContactStruct.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package android.pim.vcard;
 import android.accounts.Account;
 import android.content.ContentProviderOperation;
 import android.content.ContentResolver;
-import android.content.ContentValues;
 import android.content.OperationApplicationException;
 import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.os.RemoteException;
@@ -26,10 +25,10 @@ import android.provider.ContactsContract;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.Data;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.Groups;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.RawContacts;
+import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Birthday;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.GroupMembership;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im;
-import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Miscellaneous;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Nickname;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization;
@@ -1317,9 +1316,9 @@ public class ContactStruct {
         
         if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(mBirthday)) {
             builder = ContentProviderOperation.newInsert(Data.CONTENT_URI);
-            builder.withValueBackReference(Miscellaneous.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0);
-            builder.withValue(Data.MIMETYPE, Miscellaneous.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
-            builder.withValue(Miscellaneous.BIRTHDAY, mBirthday);
+            builder.withValueBackReference(Birthday.RAW_CONTACT_ID, 0);
+            builder.withValue(Data.MIMETYPE, Birthday.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
+            builder.withValue(Birthday.BIRTHDAY, mBirthday);
             operationList.add(builder.build());
         }
 
diff --git a/core/java/android/pim/vcard/VCardComposer.java b/core/java/android/pim/vcard/VCardComposer.java
index eda04673cb354..b96983cb7f229 100644
--- a/core/java/android/pim/vcard/VCardComposer.java
+++ b/core/java/android/pim/vcard/VCardComposer.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*
+*
  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import android.provider.ContactsContract.Data;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.RawContacts;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Email;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Im;
-import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Miscellaneous;
+import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Birthday;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Nickname;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Note;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Organization;
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Photo;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredName;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.StructuredPostal;
 import android.provider.ContactsContract.CommonDataKinds.Website;
+import android.provider.CallLog.Calls;
+import android.provider.CallLog;
+import android.text.format.Time;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
 import android.text.format.Time;
 import android.util.CharsetUtils;
@@ -1095,12 +1098,12 @@ public class VCardComposer {
     private void appendBirthday(final StringBuilder builder,
             final Map<String, List<ContentValues>> contentValuesListMap) {
         final List<ContentValues> contentValuesList = contentValuesListMap
-                .get(Miscellaneous.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
+                .get(Birthday.CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE);
         if (contentValuesList != null && contentValuesList.size() > 0) {
             // Theoretically, there must be only one birthday for each vCard data and
             // we are afraid of some parse error occuring in some devices, so
             // we emit only one birthday entry for now.
-            final String birthday = contentValuesList.get(0).getAsString(Miscellaneous.BIRTHDAY);
+            final String birthday = contentValuesList.get(0).getAsString(Birthday.BIRTHDAY);
             appendVCardLine(builder, VCARD_PROPERTY_BIRTHDAY, birthday);
         }
     }
diff --git a/core/java/android/provider/ContactsContract.java b/core/java/android/provider/ContactsContract.java
index 8140d82e136b8..e32d3ad9c468b 100644
--- a/core/java/android/provider/ContactsContract.java
+++ b/core/java/android/provider/ContactsContract.java
@@ -1639,19 +1639,20 @@ public final class ContactsContract {
         }
 
         /**
-         * Common data definition for miscellaneous information.
+         * Common data definition for birthdays.
          */
-        public static final class Miscellaneous implements DataColumnsWithJoins {
+        public static final class Birthday implements DataColumnsWithJoins {
             /**
              * This utility class cannot be instantiated
              */
-            private Miscellaneous() {}
+            private Birthday() {}
 
             /** MIME type used when storing this in data table. */
-            public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.item/misc";
+            public static final String CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE = "vnd.android.cursor.item/birthday";
 
             /**
-             * The birthday as the user entered it.
+             * The birthday. This must be of the form YYYY-MM-DD or YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss
+             * These are xs:date and xs:dateTime
              * <P>Type: TEXT</P>
              */
             public static final String BIRTHDAY = DATA1;