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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ releases.
   uses "fail2ban-python" now);
 * Fixed test case "testSetupInstallRoot" for not default python version (also
   using direct call, out of virtualenv);
+* Fixed ambiguous wrong recognized date pattern resp. its optional parts (see gh-1512);
 * `filter.d/ignorecommands/apache-fakegooglebot`
     - Fixed error within apache-fakegooglebot, that will be called 
       with wrong python version (gh-1506)
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ releases.
 ### New Features
 
 ### Enhancements
+* DateTemplate regexp extended with the word-end boundary, additionally to 
+  word-start boundary
 * Introduces new command "fail2ban-python", as automatically created symlink to 
   python executable, where fail2ban currently installed (resp. its modules are located):
     - allows to use the same version, fail2ban currently running, e.g. in 

fail2ban/server/datetemplate.py

@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ class DateTemplate(object):
 		regex : str
 			The regex the template will use for searching for a date.
 		wordBegin : bool
-			Defines whether the regex should be modified to search at
+			Defines whether the regex should be modified to search at beginning of a
-			beginning of a word, by adding "\\b" to start of regex.
+			word, by adding special boundary r'(?=^|\b|\W)' to start of regex.
+			Default True.
+		wordEnd : bool
+			Defines whether the regex should be modified to search at end of a word,
+			by adding special boundary r'(?=\b|\W|$)' to end of regex.
 			Default True.
 
 		Raises