diff --git a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities
index 7ecd907641..dd354a3bf7 160000
--- a/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities
+++ b/chrome/content/zotero/xpcom/utilities
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7ecd907641292bc694f6d775e4d0ab933f157d68
+Subproject commit dd354a3bf76affbe03e3f360b3ad087fdd16c824
diff --git a/test/tests/dateTest.js b/test/tests/dateTest.js
index 2147e090c2..41bcf4f853 100644
--- a/test/tests/dateTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/dateTest.js
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ describe("Zotero.Date", function() {
 			assert.notProperty(o, 'year');
 		});
 		
+		it("should parse English month before date", function () {
+			var o = Zotero.Date.strToDate("June 26, 2010");
+			assert.equal(o.month, 5);
+			assert.equal(o.day, 26);
+			assert.equal(o.year, 2010);
+		});
+		
+		it("should parse English month after date", function () {
+			var o = Zotero.Date.strToDate("26 June 2010");
+			assert.equal(o.month, 5);
+			assert.equal(o.day, 26);
+			assert.equal(o.year, 2010);
+		});
+		
 		it("should parse Chinese month", function () {
 			Zotero.locale = 'zh-CN';
 			Zotero.Date.init();
diff --git a/test/tests/feedItemTest.js b/test/tests/feedItemTest.js
index 041babb91b..9cb8020e25 100644
--- a/test/tests/feedItemTest.js
+++ b/test/tests/feedItemTest.js
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ describe("Zotero.FeedItem", function () {
 	describe("#fromJSON()", function() {
 		it("should attempt to parse non ISO-8601 dates", function* () {
 			Zotero.locale = 'en-US';
+			Zotero.Date.init();
 			var data = [
 				{
 					itemType: "journalArticle",