diff --git a/lib/cookie.js b/lib/cookie.js
index ad1ef3ee..bfd228d2 100644
--- a/lib/cookie.js
+++ b/lib/cookie.js
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ try {
   console.warn("cookie: can't load punycode; won't use punycode for domain normalization");
 }
 
-var DATE_DELIM = /[\x09\x20-\x2F\x3B-\x40\x5B-\x60\x7B-\x7E]/;
-
 // From RFC6265 S4.1.1
 // note that it excludes \x3B ";"
 var COOKIE_OCTETS = /^[\x21\x23-\x2B\x2D-\x3A\x3C-\x5B\x5D-\x7E]+$/;
@@ -61,10 +59,17 @@ var TERMINATORS = ['\n', '\r', '\0'];
 // Note ';' is \x3B
 var PATH_VALUE = /[\x20-\x3A\x3C-\x7E]+/;
 
-var DAY_OF_MONTH = /^(\d{1,2})[^\d]*$/;
-var TIME = /^(\d{1,2})[^\d]*:(\d{1,2})[^\d]*:(\d{1,2})[^\d]*$/;
-var MONTH = /^(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)/i;
+// date-time parsing constants (RFC6265 S5.1.1)
 
+var DATE_DELIM = /[\x09\x20-\x2F\x3B-\x40\x5B-\x60\x7B-\x7E]/;
+var DAY_OF_MONTH = /^(\d{1,2})(?:[^\d]|$)/;
+
+// S5.1.1 for "hms-time" -- is one or two digits each separated by :
+// Cannot have non-digits beside the numbers like in other parts of the
+// construction.
+var TIME = /^(\d{1,2}):(\d{1,2}):(\d{1,2})(?:[^\d]|$)/; // only anchor at start
+
+var MONTH = /^(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)/i;
 var MONTH_TO_NUM = {
   jan:0, feb:1, mar:2, apr:3, may:4, jun:5,
   jul:6, aug:7, sep:8, oct:9, nov:10, dec:11
@@ -76,7 +81,7 @@ var NUM_TO_DAY = [
   'Sun','Mon','Tue','Wed','Thu','Fri','Sat'
 ];
 
-var YEAR = /^(\d{2}|\d{4})$/; // 2 to 4 digits
+var YEAR = /^(\d{2}|\d{4})(?:[^\d]|$)/; // 2 or 4 digits, anchored at start
 
 var MAX_TIME = 2147483647000; // 31-bit max
 var MIN_TIME = 0; // 31-bit min
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ function parseDate(str) {
     if (day === null) {
       result = DAY_OF_MONTH.exec(token);
       if (result) {
-        day = parseInt(result, 10);
+        day = parseInt(result[1], 10);
         /* RFC6265 S5.1.1.5:
          * [fail if] the day-of-month-value is less than 1 or greater than 31
          */
diff --git a/test/date_test.js b/test/date_test.js
index afd989c5..c52aa85a 100644
--- a/test/date_test.js
+++ b/test/date_test.js
@@ -39,13 +39,21 @@ function dateVows(table) {
   Object.keys(table).forEach(function (date) {
     var expect = table[date];
     theVows[date] = function () {
-      var got = tough.parseDate(date) ? 'valid' : 'invalid';
-      assert.equal(got, expect ? 'valid' : 'invalid');
+      var got = tough.parseDate(date) ? true : false;
+      if (expect && !got) {
+        assert.ok(false, "expected valid date but was invalid");
+      } else if (!expect && got) {
+        assert.ok(false, "expected invalid date but was valid");
+      } else {
+        assert.ok(true);
+      }
     };
   });
   return {"date parsing": theVows};
 }
 
+var TOO_MANY_XS = 'x'.repeat(65535);
+
 vows
   .describe('Date')
   .addBatch(dateVows({
@@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ vows
     "18 Oct 2011 07:42:42 GMT": true,
     "8 Oct 2011 7:42:42 GMT": true,
     "8 Oct 2011 7:2:42 GMT": true,
+    "8 Oct 2011 7:2:2 GMT": true,
     "Oct 18 2011 07:42:42 GMT": true,
     "Tue Oct 18 2011 07:05:03 GMT+0000 (GMT)": true,
     "09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT": true,
@@ -64,16 +73,51 @@ vows
     '01 Jan 1601 00:00:00 GMT': true,
     '10 Feb 81 13:00:00 GMT': true, // implicit year
     'Thu, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 GMT': true, // dashes
-    'Thu, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 UTC': true  // dashes and UTC
+    'Thu, 17-Apr-2014 02:12:29 UTC': true,  // dashes and UTC
+
+    // garbage after parts:
+    "Wedxxx, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT": true, // day of week doesn't matter
+    "Wed, 09e9 Jun 2021 10:18:14 GMT": true, // garbage after day ignored
+    "Wed, 09 Junxxx 2021 10:18:14 GMT": true, // prefix match on month
+    "Wed, 09 Jun 2021e9 10:18:14 GMT": true, // garbage after year OK
+    "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10e9:18:14 GMT": false, // can't have garbage after HH
+    "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18e9:14 GMT": false, // can't have garbage after MM
+    "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14e9 GMT": true, // garbage after SS ignored
+
+    // extra digit in time parts:
+    "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 000:00:01 GMT": false,
+    "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:000:01 GMT": false,
+    "Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:010 GMT": false,
+
+    "": false
   }))
   .addBatch({
-    "strict date parse of Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:010 GMT": {
+    "reDos hr": {
       topic: function () {
-        return tough.parseDate('Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:010 GMT', true) ? true : false;
+        var str = "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10" + TOO_MANY_XS + ":18:14 GMT";
+        return tough.parseDate(str, true) ? true : false;
       },
       "invalid": function (date) {
         assert.equal(date, false);
       }
+    },
+    "reDos min": {
+      topic: function () {
+        var str = "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18" + TOO_MANY_XS + ":14 GMT";
+        return tough.parseDate(str, true) ? true : false;
+      },
+      "invalid": function (date) {
+        assert.equal(date, false);
+      }
+    },
+    "reDos sec": {
+      topic: function () {
+        var str = "Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:18:14" + TOO_MANY_XS + " GMT";
+        return tough.parseDate(str, true) ? true : false;
+      },
+      "valid": function (date) {
+        assert.equal(date, true);
+      }
     }
   })
   .export(module);