diff --git a/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c b/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c
index 4829da6c9155..253c482aebd4 100644
--- a/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c
+++ b/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ static const timelib_relunit* timelib_lookup_relunit(char **ptr)
 	char *begin = *ptr, *end;
 	const timelib_relunit *tp, *value = NULL;
 
-	while (**ptr != '\0' && **ptr != ' ' && **ptr != ',' && **ptr != '\t') {
+	while (**ptr != '\0' && **ptr != ' ' && **ptr != ',' && **ptr != '\t' && **ptr != ';' && **ptr != ':' &&
+	       **ptr != '/' && **ptr != '.' && **ptr != '-' && **ptr != '(' && **ptr != ')' ) {
 		++*ptr;
 	}
 	end = *ptr;
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/DateTime_fix_createFromFormat.phpt b/ext/date/tests/DateTime_fix_createFromFormat.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b85a8e6784ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/date/tests/DateTime_fix_createFromFormat.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+--TEST--
+Test fix for DateTime when date have textual day with dot or other special char at end
+--FILE--
+<?php
+
+//Set the default time zone 
+date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');
+
+echo "*** Testing clone on DateTime objects ***\n";
+
+// Create a DateTime object..
+$orig = new DateTime('2012-11-29 17:00:00');
+
+// String to parse
+$string = "Sun., Nov. 29, 2012 5:00PM";
+
+// Create a DateTime object from format
+$fromFormat = DateTime::createFromFormat( "D., M# j, Y g:iA", $string );
+
+echo "Format method: " . $orig->format("D., M. j, Y g:iA") . "\n";
+echo "createFromFormat method: " . $fromFormat->format("D., M. j, Y g:iA") . "\n";
+
+?>
+===DONE===
+--EXPECTF--
+*** Testing clone on DateTime objects ***
+Format method: Thu., Nov. 29, 2012 5:00PM
+createFromFormat method: Thu., Nov. 29, 2012 5:00PM
+===DONE===