--- ./src/java/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFDateUtil.java	Tue Jul 15 01:12:45 2008
+++ ./patch/src/java/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/HSSFDateUtil.java	Tue Jul 15 01:14:02 2008
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
  * @author  Hack Kampbjorn (hak at 2mba.dk)
  * @author  Alex Jacoby (ajacoby at gmail.com)
  * @author  Pavel Krupets (pkrupets at palmtreebusiness dot com)
+ * @author   James May (james dot may at fmr dot com)
  */
 
 public class HSSFDateUtil
@@ -231,7 +232,7 @@
     	// Otherwise, check it's only made up, in any case, of:
     	//  y m d h s - / , . :
     	// optionally followed by AM/PM
-    	if(fs.matches("^[yYmMdDhHsS\\-/,. :]+[ampAMP]*$")) {
+    	if(fs.matches("^[yYmMdDhHsS\\-/,. :]+[ampAMP/]*$")) {
     		return true;
     	}