--- /usr/share/vim/vimcurrent/syntax/crontab.vim	2009-03-19 15:31:04.000000000 +0000
+++ .vim/syntax/crontab.vim	2010-02-04 11:27:08.000000000 +0000
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 syntax match crontabHr "\s[-0-9/,.*]\+" nextgroup=crontabDay skipwhite contained
 syntax match crontabDay "\s[-0-9/,.*]\+" nextgroup=crontabMnth skipwhite contained
 
+" month and day name matches are case insensitive
+syntax case ignore
 syntax match crontabMnth "\s[-a-z0-9/,.*]\+" nextgroup=crontabDow skipwhite contained
 syntax keyword crontabMnth12 contained jan feb mar apr may jun jul aug sep oct nov dec
 
@@ -33,6 +35,11 @@
 syntax match crontabCmnt "^\s*#.*"
 syntax match crontabPercent "[^\\]%.*"lc=1 contained
 
+" special time specifiers are case sensitive - display as an error if the case is wrong
+syntax match crontabNickError "^\s*@\(reboot\|yearly\|annually\|monthly\|weekly\|daily\|midnight\|hourly\)\>" nextgroup=crontabCmd skipwhite
+
+syntax case match
+" overrides the above with the correct case
 syntax match crontabNick "^\s*@\(reboot\|yearly\|annually\|monthly\|weekly\|daily\|midnight\|hourly\)\>" nextgroup=crontabCmd skipwhite
 
 syntax match crontabVar "^\s*\k\w*\s*="me=e-1
@@ -62,6 +69,7 @@
   HiLink crontabDowS		PreProc
   HiLink crontabDowN		PreProc
 
+  HiLink crontabNickError	Error
   HiLink crontabNick		Special
   HiLink crontabVar		Identifier
   HiLink crontabPercent		Special