diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1773cc77..2cd36723 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ ver. 0.8.4 (2008/??/??) - stable
   myNetWatchman. Thanks to Russell Odom.
 - Suse init script. Remove socket file on startup is fail2ban
   crashed. Thanks to Detlef Reichelt.
+- Removed begin-line anchor for "standard" timestamp. Fixed
+  Debian bug #500824.
 
 ver. 0.8.3 (2008/07/17) - stable
 ----------
diff --git a/server/datedetector.py b/server/datedetector.py
index e68e5bce..87c87837 100644
--- a/server/datedetector.py
+++ b/server/datedetector.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class DateDetector:
 			# standard
 			template = DateStrptime()
 			template.setName("MONTH Day Hour:Minute:Second")
-			template.setRegex("^\S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
+			template.setRegex("\S{3}\s{1,2}\d{1,2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}")
 			template.setPattern("%b %d %H:%M:%S")
 			self.__templates.append(template)
 			# asctime