--- dateshift-1.1.old/dateshift.1
+++ dateshift-1.1/dateshift.1
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 dateshift \- Moves system date for program under test
 .SH "SYNTAX"
 .LP 
-dateshift -t "<\fIYYYY\-MM\-DD\fP> [\fIHH:MM:SS\fP]" [ \- <program> ]
+dateshift -t "\fIYYYY\-MM\-DD\fP [\fIHH:MM:SS\fP]" [ \- <program> ]
+.br
+(or)
+.br
+dateshift -t "\fIYYYYMMDD\fP [\fIHH:MM:SS\fP]" [ \- <program> ]
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .LP 
 Moves system date for program under test. Once the date is moved the clock continues ticking, so that the program under test is now in a time warp.
--- dateshift-1.1.old/dateshift.c
+++ dateshift-1.1/dateshift.c
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@
 
 static void usage(void) {
 	fprintf(stderr,
-	"usage: dateshift -t \"YYYY-MM-DD [HH:MM:SS]\" [- <command>]\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "Allows the modification of system time for command\n\n");
+"usage: dateshift -t \"YYYY-MM-DD [HH:MM:SS]\" [- <command>] (or)\n");
+	fprintf(stderr,
+"       dateshift -t \"YYYYMMDD   [HH:MM:SS]\" [- <command>]\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "Modifies system time for specified command\n\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "Options:\n");
-	fprintf(stderr, "\t-h\tThis help\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\t-h\tDisplays this help text\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-v\tVersion info\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-t\tNew date/time to shift to\n");
 	fprintf(stderr, "\t-d\tVerbose output\n");
@@ -176,6 +178,12 @@
 		fprintf(stderr, "You must specify a date/time to shift to\n");
 		usage();
 		exit(1);
+	} else if (strlen(datetext) == 8) {
+		dp = strptime(datetext, "%Y%m%d", &newtime);
+		if (dp == NULL) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Invalid date: %s\n", datetext);
+			exit(1);
+		}
 	} else if (strlen(datetext) == 10) {
 		dp = strptime(datetext, "%Y-%m-%d", &newtime);
 		if (dp == NULL) {