diff --git a/lisp/time-date.el b/lisp/time-date.el
index 5dbd08c..01132bc 100644
--- a/lisp/time-date.el
+++ b/lisp/time-date.el
@@ -97,20 +97,20 @@ and type 2 is the list (HIGH LOW MICRO)."
 (autoload 'timezone-make-date-arpa-standard "timezone")
 
 ;;;###autoload
+;; `parse-time-string' isn't sufficiently general or robust.  It fails
+;; to grok some of the formats that timezone does (e.g. dodgy
+;; post-2000 stuff from some Elms) and either fails or returns bogus
+;; values.  timezone-make-date-arpa-standard should help.
 (defun date-to-time (date)
   "Parse a string DATE that represents a date-time and return a time value.
 If DATE lacks timezone information, GMT is assumed."
   (condition-case ()
-      (apply 'encode-time
-	     (parse-time-string
-	      ;; `parse-time-string' isn't sufficiently general or
-	      ;; robust.  It fails to grok some of the formats that
-	      ;; timezone does (e.g. dodgy post-2000 stuff from some
-	      ;; Elms) and either fails or returns bogus values.  Lars
-	      ;; reverted this change, but that loses non-trivially
-	      ;; often for me.  -- fx
-	      (timezone-make-date-arpa-standard date)))
-    (error (error "Invalid date: %s" date))))
+      (apply 'encode-time (parse-time-string date))
+    (error (condition-case ()
+	       (apply 'encode-time 
+		      (parse-time-string
+		       (timezone-make-date-arpa-standard date)))
+	     (error (error "Invalid date: %s" date))))))
 
 ;; Bit of a mess.  Emacs has float-time since at least 21.1.
 ;; This file is synced to Gnus, and XEmacs packages may have been written