diff --git a/SystemTools.cxx b/SystemTools.cxx
index bcdb193d15ccd130baaf3fdf52f765604e81812e..5002a063feeb2363100f0ca05b5bf7aa4a25421f 100644
--- a/SystemTools.cxx
+++ b/SystemTools.cxx
@@ -1405,6 +1405,10 @@ kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys::String> SystemTools::SplitString(const char* p, char se
 {
   kwsys_stl::string path = p;
   kwsys_stl::vector<kwsys::String> paths;
+  if(path.empty())
+    {
+    return paths;
+    }
   if(isPath && path[0] == '/')
     {
     path.erase(path.begin());
diff --git a/kwsysDateStamp.cmake b/kwsysDateStamp.cmake
index 2f3c58154437b8a1ec024c55b8bcd6c3157a86d0..7fe952b33b1a7a204e27dc919d9edb6e427c1787 100644
--- a/kwsysDateStamp.cmake
+++ b/kwsysDateStamp.cmake
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_YEAR  2010)
 SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_MONTH 08)
 
 # KWSys version date day component.  Format is DD.
-SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_DAY   16)
+SET(KWSYS_DATE_STAMP_DAY   27)