From 851f8ef0c6cc288790b60f54523a6beb865e50a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lenahan Michael <michael.lenahan@burda.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2020 21:01:34 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use strict date matching, if using the default time format

---
 jrnl/Journal.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/jrnl/Journal.py b/jrnl/Journal.py
index a6bf35d0..8e4853ff 100644
--- a/jrnl/Journal.py
+++ b/jrnl/Journal.py
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ class Journal:
         entries = []
 
         date_blob_re = re.compile("(?:^|\n)\\[([^\\]]+)\\] ")
+
+        # Use strict date matching, if using the default time format
+        if self.config["timeformat"] == '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M':
+            date_blob_re = re.compile("(?:^|\n)\\[(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2})\\] ")
+
         last_entry_pos = 0
         for match in date_blob_re.finditer(journal_txt):
             date_blob = match.groups()[0]