--- a/farol/controller.py	Thu Oct 09 16:48:12 2014 +0200
+++ b/farol/controller.py	Fri Oct 10 10:25:35 2014 +0200
@@ -27,9 +27,18 @@
 is shared for the Document and the Vulnerabilities.
 """
 
+import re
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+try:
+    from datetime import timezone
+except ImportError:
+    from farolluz.py2 import FixedTimeZone as timezone
+
 from flask import request
 
 from farolluz.cvrf import CVRFNote, CVRFReference, CVRFAcknowledgment
+from farolluz.parsers.cvrf import parseDate as parseXMLDate
 
 def split_fields(field, separator=','):
     if not field:
@@ -72,3 +81,13 @@
     ack._description = request.form['description'] or None
     ack._url = request.form['url'] or None
     return ack
+
+def parseDate(string):
+    """ An extended version of the XML parser's one, that also unsderstand
+    date without time. """
+    try: return parseXMLDate(string)
+    except AttributeError: pass
+    # Absorb AttributeError, and try to parse it a second time ...
+    m = re.match('(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})', string)
+    return datetime(int(m.group(1)), int(m.group(2)), int(m.group(3)),
+                    tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=0, minutes=0)))