diff --git a/bin/git-stats b/bin/git-stats
index 2b363c1..11a3664 100755
--- a/bin/git-stats
+++ b/bin/git-stats
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ var GitStats = require("../lib");
 
 switch (process.argv[2]) {
     case "--record":
-        var data = process.argv[3].trim();
+        var data = process.argv[3];
         console.log(data);
         try {
             data = JSON.parse(data);
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index dd1905a..2baf5b1 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ GitStats.record = function (data, callback) {
     callback = callback || function (err) { if (err) throw err; };
     data = Object(data);
     if (typeof data.date === "string") {
-        data.date = Moment(data.date, "DDD MMM dd HH:mm:ss YYYY");
+        data.date = Moment(data.date, "DDD MMM dd HH:mm:ss yyyy");
     }
 
-    if (!data.date || data.date.constructor !== Date || isNaN(data.date.getTime())) {
+    if (!data.date || !/^Moment|Date$/.test(data.date.constructor.name)) {
         return callback(new Error("The date field should be a string or a date object."));
     }
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ GitStats.record = function (data, callback) {
     // Get stats
     GitStats.get(function (err, stats) {
         stats = stats || {};
-        var day = data.date.format("MMM DDD dd, YYYY")
+        var day = data.date.format("MMM DDD, YYYY")
           , today = stats[day] = Object(stats[day])
           , repo = today[data.url] = Object(today[data.url])
           ;