diff --git a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_event.py b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_event.py
index ee93c6b3..50245482 100644
--- a/frontends/src/jp/cmd_event.py
+++ b/frontends/src/jp/cmd_event.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class EventBase(object):
                 date = int(self.args.date)
             except ValueError:
                 try:
-                    date_time = du_parser.parse(self.args.date, dayfirst=True)
+                    date_time = du_parser.parse(self.args.date, dayfirst=not (u'-' in self.args.date))
                 except ValueError as e:
                     self.parser.error(_(u"Can't parse date: {msg}").format(msg=e))
                 if date_time.tzinfo is None: