diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a5439e935b..4f91ecd00c 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Sat Nov  3 14:56:21 2012  Tadayoshi Funaba  <tadf@dotrb.org>
+
+	* ext/date/date_parse.c (parse_eu): should capture apostrophe too.
+
 Sat Nov  3 14:46:15 2012  Tadayoshi Funaba  <tadf@dotrb.org>
 
 	* ext/date/date_parse.c (date__parse): revised the tight parser.
diff --git a/ext/date/date_parse.c b/ext/date/date_parse.c
index f431252e9a..1664452cb9 100644
--- a/ext/date/date_parse.c
+++ b/ext/date/date_parse.c
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ parse_eu(VALUE str, VALUE hash)
 		FPW_COM FPT_COM
 #endif
 #ifndef TIGHT_PARSER
-		"'?(\\d+)[^-\\d\\s]*"
+		"('?\\d+)[^-\\d\\s]*"
 #else
 		"(\\d+)(?:(?:st|nd|rd|th)\\b)?"
 #endif