diff --git a/util.py b/util.py
index bbb3b50..1656318 100644
--- a/util.py
+++ b/util.py
@@ -166,13 +166,13 @@ class SyncProxy(object):
 			return value
 
 re_dt_fileman	= r'(?P<dt_fileman>(\d{3})(\d{2})(\d{2})(?:\.(\d{2})?(\d{2})?(\d{2})?)?)'	# George Timson's format
-re_dt_today		= r'(?P<dt_today>T)'													# today
-re_dt_now		= r'(?P<dt_now>N)'														# now
+re_dt_today		= r'(?P<dt_today>TODAY|T)'												# today
+re_dt_now		= r'(?P<dt_now>NOW|N)'													# now
 re_dt_mdy		= r'(?P<dt_mdy>(\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+(\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+(\d{4}|\d{2})\s*)'		# m/d/yy, m/d/yyyy
 re_dt_ymd		= r'(?P<dt_ymd>(\d{4})[^\w@?]+(\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+(\d{1,2})\s*)'			# yyyy/m/d
 re_dt_yyyymmdd	= r'(?P<dt_yyyymmdd>(\d{4})(\d{2})(\d{2}))'								# yyyymmdd
 re_dt_Mdy		= r'(?P<dt_Mdy>([A-Z]{3,})[^\w@?]+(\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+(\d{4}|\d{2})\s*)'	# M/d/yy, M/d/yyyy
-re_dt_dMy		= r'(?P<dt_dMy>((\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+[A-Z]{3,})[^\w@?]+(\d{4}|\d{2})\s*)'	# d/M/yy, d/M/yyyy
+re_dt_dMy		= r'(?P<dt_dMy>(\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+([A-Z]{3,})[^\w@?]+(\d{4}|\d{2})\s*)'	# d/M/yy, d/M/yyyy
 re_dt_md		= r'(?P<dt_md>(\d{1,2})[^\w@?]+(\d{1,2})\s*)'							# m/d
 re_dt_offset	= r'(?P<offset>([-+]\d+)(H|W|M)?)'										# +#U
 re_dt_time		= r'(?:@?(?P<time>(\d{1,2}):?(\d{1,2})))'								# time
@@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ def vista_strptime(s: str) -> datetime.datetime:
 		time = datetime.time()
 		if m['time']:
 			if m['dt_now']:
-				raise ValueError('cannot specify time with N or H offset')
+				raise ValueError('cannot specify NOW with time')
 			m1 = re.match(re_dt_time, m['time'], flags=re.I)
 			date = date.replace(hour=int(m1.group(2)), minute=int(m1.group(3)))
 		if m['offset']:
 			m1 = re.match(re_dt_offset, m['offset'], flags=re.I)
 			if (offset_unit := m1.group(3)) == 'h' and (m['time'] or m['dt_today']):
-				raise ValueError('cannot specify time or T with H offset')
+				raise ValueError('cannot specify time or TODAY with H offset')
 			date = vista_strptime_offset(date, int(m1.group(2)), offset_unit or 'd')
 		if m['ext']:
 			if m['ext'] == '<':