diff --git a/bench_test.go b/bench_test.go
index 0813f68..5b8e1b8 100644
--- a/bench_test.go
+++ b/bench_test.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 		"2014-04-26",
 	}
 
-	DateFormatError = fmt.Errorf("Invalid Date Format")
+	ErrDateFormat = fmt.Errorf("Invalid Date Format")
 
 	timeFormats = []string{
 		// ISO 8601ish formats
@@ -87,5 +87,5 @@ func parseShotgunStyle(raw string) (time.Time, error) {
 			return t, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return time.Time{}, DateFormatError
+	return time.Time{}, ErrDateFormat
 }
diff --git a/parseany.go b/parseany.go
index 3c2efd1..b9b8ac5 100644
--- a/parseany.go
+++ b/parseany.go
@@ -735,11 +735,10 @@ iterRunes:
 				return parse("2006/01/02", datestr, loc)
 			}
 			return parse("2006/1/2", datestr, loc)
-		} else {
-			for _, parseFormat := range shortDates {
-				if t, err := parse(parseFormat, datestr, loc); err == nil {
-					return t, nil
-				}
+		}
+		for _, parseFormat := range shortDates {
+			if t, err := parse(parseFormat, datestr, loc); err == nil {
+				return t, nil
 			}
 		}