diff --git a/gramps2/ChangeLog b/gramps2/ChangeLog
index 7cdb2adde..f1b4140ca 100644
--- a/gramps2/ChangeLog
+++ b/gramps2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 2007-02-03  Don Allingham  <don@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/DateHandler/_DateParser.py (DateParser.init_strings): fix date parsing to allow
+	for spaces in numerical format. #892
 	* src/Editors/_EditFamily.py (EditFamily.check_for_family_change): fix
 	warning message.
 
diff --git a/gramps2/src/DateHandler/_DateParser.py b/gramps2/src/DateHandler/_DateParser.py
index 129244c16..2d3c41bac 100644
--- a/gramps2/src/DateHandler/_DateParser.py
+++ b/gramps2/src/DateHandler/_DateParser.py
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ class DateParser:
                            re.IGNORECASE)
         self._itext2   = re.compile('(\d+)?\s+?%s\s*((\d+)(/\d+)?)?\s*$' % self._imon_str,
                            re.IGNORECASE)
-        self._numeric  = re.compile("((\d+)[/\.])?((\d+)[/\.])?(\d+)\s*$")
+        self._numeric  = re.compile("((\d+)[/\.]\s*)?((\d+)[/\.]\s*)?(\d+)\s*$")
         self._iso      = re.compile("(\d+)(/(\d+))?-(\d+)-(\d+)\s*$")
         self._rfc      = re.compile("(%s,)?\s+(\d|\d\d)\s+%s\s+(\d+)\s+\d\d:\d\d(:\d\d)?\s+(\+|-)\d\d\d\d" 
                         % (self._rfc_day_str,self._rfc_mon_str))