diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3b171aba..0153f8ed 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 *.py[cod]
 
+# vi:
+*.swp
+
 # C extensions
 *.so
 
@@ -45,6 +48,10 @@ env*/
 
 docs/_themes/jrnl/static/less/3L.less
 
+# wingide project files
+*.wpr
+*.wpu
+
 # PyCharm Project files
 .idea/
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0015be2..998c192a 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ conditional_dependencies = {
     "readline>=6.2": not readline_available and "win32" not in sys.platform,
     "colorama>=0.2.5": "win32" in sys.platform,
     "argparse>=1.1.0": sys.version.startswith("2.6"),
-    "python-dateutil==1.5": sys.version.startswith("2."),
+    "python-dateutil>=1.5": sys.version.startswith("2."),
     "python-dateutil>=2.2": sys.version.startswith("3."),
 }