Index: trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/src/time.c
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--- trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/src/time.c	(revision 5924)
+++ trunk/Ohana/src/libohana/src/time.c	(revision 5926)
@@ -265,5 +265,9 @@
   p1 = date;
   if (p1 == NULL) return 0;
-  if (*p1 == '"') p1++;
+
+  /* ignore standard leading quoting options: " ' ( */
+  if (*p1 == 0x22) p1++; /* " */
+  if (*p1 == 0x27) p1++; /* ' */
+  if (*p1 == 0x28) p1++; /* ( */
 
   px = p1 + strlen(p1);