diff --git a/parseany.go b/parseany.go
index d6d205e..d6540d4 100644
--- a/parseany.go
+++ b/parseany.go
@@ -786,15 +786,12 @@ iterRunes:
 						return parseTime(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", p.datestr[0:i], p.datestr[i+2:]), loc)
 					}
 				}
-				// case ',':
-				// 	//          x
-				// 	// April 8th, 2009
-				// case ' ':
-				// 	//          x
-				// 	// April 8th 2009
-				// 	// p.yeari = i + 1
-				// 	p.yeari = i + 1
-				// 	p.stateDate = dateAlphaWsMonthMore
+			case 'r', 'R':
+				if p.nextIs(i, 'd') || p.nextIs(i, 'D') {
+					if len(datestr) > i+2 {
+						return parseTime(fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", p.datestr[0:i], p.datestr[i+2:]), loc)
+					}
+				}
 			}
 		case dateAlphaWsMore:
 			// January 02, 2006, 15:04:05
diff --git a/parseany_test.go b/parseany_test.go
index 01ae099..e141bd6 100644
--- a/parseany_test.go
+++ b/parseany_test.go
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ var testInputs = []dateTest{
 	{in: "May 7, 2012", out: "2012-05-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "June 7, 2012", out: "2012-06-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "June 7 2012", out: "2012-06-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
-	// Month dd[th,nd,st] yyyy
+	// Month dd[th,nd,st,rd] yyyy
 	{in: "September 17th, 2012", out: "2012-09-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "September 17th 2012", out: "2012-09-17 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "September 7th, 2012", out: "2012-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ var testInputs = []dateTest{
 	{in: "May 1st, 2012", out: "2012-05-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "May 21st 2012", out: "2012-05-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "May 21st, 2012", out: "2012-05-21 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
+	{in: "May 23rd 2012", out: "2012-05-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
+	{in: "May 23rd, 2012", out: "2012-05-23 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "June 2nd, 2012", out: "2012-06-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "June 2nd 2012", out: "2012-06-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},
 	{in: "June 22nd, 2012", out: "2012-06-22 00:00:00 +0000 UTC"},