diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
index e80f17c3..85720d6e 100644
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepo.cs
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 					                    "Merge: .+ .+\n" +
 						                "Author: (.+) <(.+)>\n" +
 						                "Date:   ([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2}) " +
-						                "([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}) \\+([0-9]{4})\n" +
+						                "([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}) .([0-9]{4})\n" +
 						                "*");
 					
 					is_merge_commit = true;
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
 					regex = new Regex (@"commit ([a-z0-9]{40})\n" +
 					                    "Author: (.+) <(.+)>\n" +
 					                    "Date:   ([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2}) " +
-					                    "([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}) \\+([0-9]{4})\n" +
+					                    "([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}):([0-9]{2}) .([0-9]{4})\n" +
 					                    "*");
 
 				}