diff --git a/parseany.go b/parseany.go
index 4ef312f..5369023 100644
--- a/parseany.go
+++ b/parseany.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ const (
 	ST_DIGIT
 	ST_DIGITDASH
 	ST_DIGITDASHWS
+	ST_DIGITDASHWSALPHA
 	ST_DIGITDASHT
 	ST_DIGITCOMMA
 	ST_DIGITCOLON
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ iterRunes:
 			// 2013-04-01 22:43:22
 			// 2014-05-11 08:20:13,787
 			// 2014-04-26 05:24:37 PM
+			// 2014-12-16 06:20:00 UTC
 			switch r {
 			case 'A', 'P':
 				if len(datestr) == len("2014-04-26 03:24:37 PM") {
@@ -121,6 +123,12 @@ iterRunes:
 						return time.Time{}, err
 					}
 				}
+			default:
+				if unicode.IsLetter(r) {
+					// 2014-12-16 06:20:00 UTC
+					state = ST_DIGITDASHWSALPHA
+					break iterRunes
+				}
 			}
 		case ST_DIGITDASHT: // starts digit then dash 02-  then T
 			// 2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00
@@ -353,6 +361,15 @@ iterRunes:
 				return time.Time{}, err
 			}
 		}
+	case ST_DIGITDASHWSALPHA: // starts digit then dash 02-  then whitespace   1 << 2  << 5 + 3
+		// 2014-12-16 06:20:00 UTC
+		if len(datestr) == len("2006-01-02 15:04:05 UTC") {
+			if t, err := time.Parse("2006-01-02 15:04:05 UTC", datestr); err == nil {
+				return t, nil
+			} else {
+				return time.Time{}, err
+			}
+		}
 	case ST_DIGITSLASH: // starts digit then slash 02/ (but nothing else)
 		// 3/1/2014
 		// 10/13/2014
diff --git a/parseany_test.go b/parseany_test.go
index 9564bf8..1fa0c00 100644
--- a/parseany_test.go
+++ b/parseany_test.go
@@ -203,6 +203,11 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 	//u.Debug(ts.In(time.UTC).Unix(), ts.In(time.UTC))
 	assert.T(t, "2014-04-26 17:24:37.123 +0000 UTC" == fmt.Sprintf("%v", ts.In(time.UTC)))
 
+	ts, err = ParseAny("2014-12-16 06:20:00 UTC")
+	assert.Tf(t, err == nil, "%v", err)
+	//u.Debug(ts.In(time.UTC).Unix(), ts.In(time.UTC))
+	assert.T(t, "2014-12-16 06:20:00 +0000 UTC" == fmt.Sprintf("%v", ts.In(time.UTC)))
+
 	ts, err = ParseAny("2014-04-26 05:24:37 PM")
 	assert.Tf(t, err == nil, "%v", err)
 	//u.Debug(ts.In(time.UTC).Unix(), ts.In(time.UTC))