=== modified file 'CHANGELOG'
--- CHANGELOG	2012-09-08 08:10:51 +0000
+++ CHANGELOG	2012-10-09 02:50:56 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+2012-0?-?? Getting Things GNOME! 0.4
+    * Fix for bug-1062659 (allow locale date format), by Nimit Shah
 2012-0?-?? Getting Things GNOME! 0.3
     * Hide tasks with due date someday, #931376
     * New Date class by Paul Kishimoto and Izidor Matušov

=== modified file 'GTG/tools/dates.py'
--- GTG/tools/dates.py	2012-05-23 08:55:31 +0000
+++ GTG/tools/dates.py	2012-10-09 02:49:01 +0000
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@
 
 # ISO 8601 date format
 ISODATE = '%Y-%m-%d'
+#get date format from locale
+locale_format = locale.nl_langinfo(locale.D_FMT)
 
 
 def convert_datetime_to_date(aday):
@@ -104,15 +106,20 @@
             self._fuzzy = value._fuzzy # pylint: disable-msg=W0212
         elif isinstance(value, str) or isinstance(value, unicode):
             try:
-                da_ti = datetime.datetime.strptime(value, ISODATE).date()
+                da_ti = datetime.datetime.strptime(value, locale_format).date()
                 self._real_date = convert_datetime_to_date(da_ti)
             except ValueError:
-                # it must be a fuzzy date
                 try:
-                    value = str(value.lower())
-                    self._parse_init_value(LOOKUP[value])
-                except KeyError:
-                    raise ValueError("Unknown value for date: '%s'" % value)
+                    #allow both locale format and ISO format
+                    da_ti = datetime.datetime.strptime(value, ISODATE).date()
+                    self._real_date = convert_datetime_to_date(da_ti)
+                except ValueError:
+                    # it must be a fuzzy date
+                    try:
+                        value = str(value.lower())
+                        self._parse_init_value(LOOKUP[value])
+                    except KeyError:
+                        raise ValueError("Unknown value for date: '%s'" % value)
         elif isinstance(value, int):
             self._fuzzy = value
         else: