diff --git a/lib/DateTime/Parse.rakumod b/lib/DateTime/Parse.rakumod
index f2eb12b..7293763 100644
--- a/lib/DateTime/Parse.rakumod
+++ b/lib/DateTime/Parse.rakumod
@@ -3,10 +3,13 @@ my class X::DateTime::CannotParse is Exception {
     method message() { "Unable to parse {$!invalid-str}" }
 }
 
-class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
+#use Grammar::Tracer;
+
+role DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
     grammar DateTime::Parse::Grammar {
         token TOP {
-            <dt=rfc3339-date> | <dt=rfc1123-date> | <dt=rfc850-date> | <dt=rfc850-var-date> | <dt=rfc850-var-date-two> | <dt=asctime-date> | <dt=nginx-date>
+            <dt=rfc3339-date> | <dt=rfc1123-date> | <dt=rfc850-date> | <dt=rfc850-var-date> | <dt=rfc850-var-date-two> |
+            <dt=asctime-date> | <dt=nginx-date>
         }
 
         token rfc3339-date {
@@ -81,6 +84,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
             \w+
         }
 
+        token date {  
+            <date=.date1> | <date=.date2> | <date=.date3> | <date=.date4> | <date=.date5> | <date=.date6> | <date=.date7>
+        }
+
         token date1 { # e.g., 02 Jun 1982
             <day=.D2> <.SP> <month> <.SP> <year=.D4-year>
         }
@@ -105,6 +112,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
             <day=.D2> '/' <month> '/' <year=.D4-year>
         }
 
+        token date7 {
+            <day> <.TH> <.SP> <month=month-long> <.SP> <year=.D4-year>
+        }
+
         token time {
             <hour=.D2> ':' <minute=.D2> ':' <second=.D2>
         }
@@ -125,6 +136,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
             'Jan' | 'Feb' | 'Mar' | 'Apr' | 'May' | 'Jun' | 'Jul' | 'Aug' | 'Sep' | 'Oct' | 'Nov' | 'Dec'
         }
 
+        token month-long {
+            <month> \w* 
+        }
+
         token D4-year {
             \d ** 4
         }
@@ -144,6 +159,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
         token D2 {
             \d ** 2
         }
+
+        token TH {
+            'st' | 'nd' | 'rd' | 'th'
+        }
     }
 
     class DateTime::Parse::Actions {
@@ -194,6 +213,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
             make { year => $<year>.made, month => $<month>.made, day => $<day>.made }
         }
 
+        method date($/) { 
+            make { year => $<date><year>.made, month => $<date><month>.made, day => $<date><day>.made }
+        }
+
         method date1($/) { # e.g., 02 Jun 1982
             self!genericDate($/);
         }
@@ -218,6 +241,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
             self!genericDate($/);
         }
 
+        method date7($/) { # e.g. 28th Mar 2023
+            self!genericDate($/);
+        }
+
         my %timezones =
             UTC => 0,
             GMT => 0,
@@ -285,6 +312,10 @@ class DateTime::Parse is DateTime {
             make %month{~$/}
         }
 
+        method month-long($/) {
+            make %month{~$/<month>}
+        }
+
         method day($/) {
             make +$/
         }
diff --git a/t/01-basic.t b/t/01-basic.t
index a2237a7..c362331 100644
--- a/t/01-basic.t
+++ b/t/01-basic.t
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ my $rfc3339_2 = '1996-12-19T16:39:57-08:00';
 is DateTime::Parse.new('Sun', :rule<wkday>), 6, "'Sun' is day 6 in rule wkday";
 is DateTime::Parse.new('06 Nov 1994', :rule<date1>).sort,
    {"day" => 6, "month" => 11, "year" => 1994}.sort, "we parse '06 Nov 1994' as rule date1";
+is DateTime::Parse.new('20th September 2023', :rule<date7>).sort,
+   {"day" => 20, "month" => 9, "year" => 2023}.sort, "we parse '20th September 2023' as rule date7";
+is DateTime::Parse.new('20th September 2023', :rule<date>).sort,
+   {"day" => 20, "month" => 9, "year" => 2023}.sort, "we parse '20th September 2023' as rule date";
 is DateTime::Parse.new('08:49:37', :rule<time>).sort,
    {"hour" => 8, "minute" => 49, "second" => 37}.sort, "we parse '08:49:37' as rule time";
 is DateTime::Parse.new($rfc1123),