diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index a641b9f4d..ff277d20d 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.5-beta4" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46184 - More odd escaped date formats</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Include the sheet number in the output of XLS2CSVmra</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46043 - correctly write out HPSF properties with HWPF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45973 - added CreationHelper.createFormulaEvaluator(), implemeted both for HSSF and XSSF</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 803d9cd6e..18922b442 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.5-beta4" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46184 - More odd escaped date formats</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">Include the sheet number in the output of XLS2CSVmra</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46043 - correctly write out HPSF properties with HWPF</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="add">45973 - added CreationHelper.createFormulaEvaluator(), implemeted both for HSSF and XSSF</action>
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/DateUtil.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/DateUtil.java
index aeeaa3461..90a7a5b50 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/DateUtil.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/ss/usermodel/DateUtil.java
@@ -211,6 +211,8 @@ public class DateUtil {
         fs = fs.replaceAll("\\\\-","-");
         // And \, into ,
         fs = fs.replaceAll("\\\\,",",");
+        // And \. into .
+        fs = fs.replaceAll("\\\\.",".");
         // And '\ ' into ' '
         fs = fs.replaceAll("\\\\ "," ");
 
diff --git a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFDateUtil.java b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFDateUtil.java
index 9e451ee05..1d3941a02 100644
--- a/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFDateUtil.java
+++ b/src/testcases/org/apache/poi/hssf/usermodel/TestHSSFDateUtil.java
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ public final class TestHSSFDateUtil extends TestCase {
                 "dd-mm-yy", "dd-mm-yyyy",
                 "DD-MM-YY", "DD-mm-YYYY",
                 "dd\\-mm\\-yy", // Sometimes escaped
+                "dd.mm.yyyy", "dd\\.mm\\.yyyy",
 
                 // These crazy ones are valid
                 "yyyy-mm-dd;@", "yyyy/mm/dd;@",