diff --git a/lib/lib_annot.php b/lib/lib_annot.php
index a42726af..916e967b 100644
--- a/lib/lib_annot.php
+++ b/lib/lib_annot.php
@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ private function _from_token($token, $force_unknown, $force_include_init, $restr
             $this->parses[] = new MorphParse($token, array(array('inner' => 'NUMB')));
         } elseif (preg_match('/^([01][0-9]|2[0-3]):[0-5][0-9](:[0-5][0-9])?$/u', $token)) {
             $this->parses[] = new MorphParse($token, array(array('inner' => 'TIME')));
+        } elseif (preg_match('/^(0?[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[-.](0[1-9]|1[12])[-.]([12][0-9])?[0-9]{2}$/u', $token)) {
+            $this->parses[] = new MorphParse($token, array(array('inner' => 'DATE')));
         } elseif (preg_match('/^[\p{Latin}\.-]+$/u', $token)) {
             $this->parses[] = new MorphParse($token, array(array('inner' => 'LATN')));
         } elseif (preg_match('/^\p{S}+$/u', $token)) {