diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4928514..b67cb17 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ go 1.21.5
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.3.2
 	github.com/caarlos0/env/v10 v10.0.0
-	github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.1
+	github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v1.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220321173239-a90fa8a75705 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.10.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
-
-replace github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser => github.com/goodevilgenius/go-dateparser v1.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 350aa50..f782cde 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0 h1:FqoIKg4uj0G/CrLGuMS9ejnFKa92lxE1dEgBD3pShXg=
 github.com/elliotchance/pie/v2 v2.7.0/go.mod h1:18t0dgGFH006g4eVdDtWfgFZPQEgl10IoEO8YWEq3Og=
-github.com/goodevilgenius/go-dateparser v1.2.2 h1:Up9KokPx/h07mesQGAZQg3Xi/8yrDVn1638h3k/lRyk=
-github.com/goodevilgenius/go-dateparser v1.2.2/go.mod h1:5xYsZ1h7iB3sE1BSu8bkjYpbFST7EU1/AFxcyO3mgYg=
 github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2 h1:drT/MZpSZJQXo7jftf5fthArShcaMtsal0Zf/dnmp6k=
 github.com/hablullah/go-hijri v1.0.2/go.mod h1:OS5qyYLDjORXzK4O1adFw9Q5WfhOcMdAKglDkcTxgWQ=
 github.com/hablullah/go-juliandays v1.0.0 h1:A8YM7wIj16SzlKT0SRJc9CD29iiaUzpBLzh5hr0/5p0=
@@ -24,6 +22,8 @@ github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0 h1:6QDX3g6z1YvJ4olPhT1wksUcSa/V0a1B+pJb73fBjyo=
 github.com/magefile/mage v1.14.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
+github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3 h1:TvrsIvr5uk+3v6poDjaicnAFJ5IgtFHgLiuMY2Eb7Nw=
+github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser v1.2.3/go.mod h1:cMwQRrBUQlK1UI5TIFHEcvpsMbkWrQLXuaPNMFzuYLk=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/pkg/diff v0.0.0-20210226163009-20ebb0f2a09e/go.mod h1:pJLUxLENpZxwdsKMEsNbx1VGcRFpLqf3715MtcvvzbA=
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
 github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1 h1:J4X2hrGzJvt+wqltuvcSjHQ7ujQxA9gb6PeMs4qlUWs=
 github.com/tetratelabs/wazero v1.2.1/go.mod h1:wYx2gNRg8/WihJfSDxA1TIL8H+GkfLYm+bIfbblu9VQ=
 github.com/wasilibs/go-re2 v1.3.0 h1:LFhBNzoStM3wMie6rN2slD1cuYH2CGiHpvNL3UtcsMw=
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ github.com/wasilibs/nottinygc v0.4.0 h1:h1TJMihMC4neN6Zq+WKpLxgd9xCFMw7O9ETLwY2e
 github.com/wasilibs/nottinygc v0.4.0/go.mod h1:oDcIotskuYNMpqMF23l7Z8uzD4TC0WXHK8jetlB3HIo=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220321173239-a90fa8a75705 h1:ba9YlqfDGTTQ5aZ2fwOoQ1hf32QySyQkR6ODGDzHlnE=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20220321173239-a90fa8a75705/go.mod h1:lgLbSvA5ygNOMpwM/9anMpWVlVJ7Z+cHWq/eFuinpGE=
-golang.org/x/text v0.10.0 h1:UpjohKhiEgNc0CSauXmwYftY1+LlaC75SJwh0SgCX58=
-golang.org/x/text v0.10.0/go.mod h1:TvPlkZtksWOMsz7fbANvkp4WM8x/WCo/om8BMLbz+aE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0 h1:ScX5w1eTa3QqT8oi6+ziP7dTV1S2+ALU0bI+0zXKWiQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.14.0/go.mod h1:18ZOQIKpY8NJVqYksKHtTdi31H5itFRjB5/qKTNYzSU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
diff --git a/tools/parse.go b/tools/parse.go
index 021c6a2..e69c476 100644
--- a/tools/parse.go
+++ b/tools/parse.go
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ func ParseString(in string) any {
 	if null.MatchString(s) {
 		return nil
 	} else if yesno.MatchString(s) {
-		if yes.MatchString(s) {
-			return true
-		} else {
-			return false
-		}
+		return yes.MatchString(s)
 	} else if i, err := strconv.Atoi(s); err == nil {
 		return i
 	} else if f, err := strconv.ParseFloat(s, 64); err == nil {
diff --git a/tools/parse_date.go b/tools/parse_date.go
index d060299..0fa117a 100644
--- a/tools/parse_date.go
+++ b/tools/parse_date.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package tools
 
 import (
+	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	dp "github.com/markusmobius/go-dateparser"
@@ -23,6 +24,19 @@ func ParseDate(in string) (t time.Time, err error) {
 		return MaxTime, nil
 	}
 
+	var er error
+	for _, format := range []string{time.RFC3339, DateFormat} {
+		if t, er = time.ParseInLocation(format, in, nil); er == nil {
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	var ts int64
+	if ts, er = strconv.ParseInt(in, 10, 0); er == nil {
+		t = time.Unix(ts, 0)
+		return
+	}
+
 	conf := dp.Configuration{
 		CurrentTime:        time.Now().Local(),
 		ReturnTimeAsPeriod: true,
@@ -32,12 +46,11 @@ func ParseDate(in string) (t time.Time, err error) {
 	d, err := dp.Parse(&conf, in)
 	t = d.Time
 	if err != nil {
-		d, err = dp.Parse(&conf, in, DateFormat)
-		t = d.Time
 		return
 	}
 
 	y, mon, day, h, loc := t.Year(), t.Month(), t.Day(), t.Hour(), t.Location()
+
 	switch d.Period {
 	case date.Second:
 		t = t.Truncate(time.Second)
diff --git a/tools/parse_date_test.go b/tools/parse_date_test.go
index 7aa30b2..3099b88 100644
--- a/tools/parse_date_test.go
+++ b/tools/parse_date_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func TestParseDate(t *testing.T) {
 	firstMonth := time.Date(y, mon, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, loc)
 	firstYear := time.Date(y, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, loc)
 	exact := "2075-02-12T12:13:54.536-02:00"
-	exactd, _ := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339, exact, time.FixedZone("UTC-02:00", -7200))
+	exactd, _ := time.ParseInLocation(time.RFC3339, exact, nil)
 	var ts int64 = 1708876012
 	tsd := time.Unix(ts, 0)
 	ent := "February 25, 2024 at 04:00:13AM +0230"