diff --git a/lib/HTTP/Date.pm b/lib/HTTP/Date.pm
index 29ed26e..a33a2de 100644
--- a/lib/HTTP/Date.pm
+++ b/lib/HTTP/Date.pm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sub str2time ($;$) {
 
     # fast exit for strictly conforming string
     if ( $str
-        =~ /^[SMTWF][a-z][a-z], (\d\d) ([JFMAJSOND][a-z][a-z]) (\d\d\d\d) (\d\d):(\d\d):(\d\d) GMT$/
+        =~ /^[SMTWF][a-z][a-z], ([0-9][0-9]) ([JFMAJSOND][a-z][a-z]) ([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]) ([0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9]) GMT$/
     ) {
         return eval {
             my $t = Time::Local::timegm( $6, $5, $4, $1, $MoY{$2} - 1, $3 );
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ sub str2time ($;$) {
 
         # offset already zero
     }
-    elsif ( $tz =~ /^([-+])?(\d\d?):?(\d\d)?$/ ) {
+    elsif ( $tz =~ /^([-+])?([0-9][0-9]?):?([0-9][0-9])?$/ ) {
         $offset = 3600 * $2;
         $offset += 60 * $3 if $3;
         $offset *= -1      if $1 && $1 eq '-';
@@ -98,18 +98,18 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
     (
         ( $day, $mon, $yr, $hr, $min, $sec, $tz )
         = /^
-     (\d\d?)               # day
+     ([0-9][0-9]?)               # day
         (?:\s+|[-\/])
      (\w+)                 # month
         (?:\s+|[-\/])
-     (\d+)                 # year
+     ([0-9]+)                 # year
      (?:
            (?:\s+|:)       # separator before clock
-        (\d\d?):(\d\d)     # hour:min
-        (?::(\d\d))?       # optional seconds
+        ([0-9][0-9]?):([0-9][0-9])     # hour:min
+        (?::([0-9][0-9]))?       # optional seconds
      )?                    # optional clock
         \s*
-     ([-+]?\d{2,4}|(?![APap][Mm]\b)[A-Za-z]+)? # timezone
+     ([-+]?[0-9]{2,4}|(?![APap][Mm]\b)[A-Za-z]+)? # timezone
         \s*
      (?:\(\w+\)|\w{3,})?   # ASCII representation of timezone.
         \s*$
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
         = /^
      (\w{1,3})             # month
         \s+
-     (\d\d?)               # day
+     ([0-9][0-9]?)               # day
         \s+
-     (\d\d?):(\d\d)        # hour:min
-     (?::(\d\d))?          # optional seconds
+     ([0-9][0-9]?):([0-9][0-9])        # hour:min
+     (?::([0-9][0-9]))?          # optional seconds
         \s+
      (?:([A-Za-z]+)\s+)?   # optional timezone
-     (\d+)                 # year
+     ([0-9]+)                 # year
         \s*$               # allow trailing whitespace
     /x
         )
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
         = /^
      (\w{3})               # month
         \s+
-     (\d\d?)               # day
+     ([0-9][0-9]?)               # day
         \s+
      (?:
-        (\d\d\d\d) |       # year
-        (\d{1,2}):(\d{2})  # hour:min
-            (?::(\d\d))?       # optional seconds
+        ([0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]) |       # year
+        ([0-9]{1,2}):([0-9]{2})  # hour:min
+            (?::([0-9][0-9]))?       # optional seconds
      )
      \s*$
        /x
@@ -160,18 +160,18 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
         (
         ( $yr, $mon, $day, $hr, $min, $sec, $tz )
         = /^
-      (\d{4})              # year
+      ([0-9]{4})              # year
          [-\/]?
-      (\d\d?)              # numerical month
+      ([0-9][0-9]?)              # numerical month
          [-\/]?
-      (\d\d?)              # day
+      ([0-9][0-9]?)              # day
      (?:
            (?:\s+|[-:Tt])  # separator before clock
-        (\d\d?):?(\d\d)    # hour:min
-        (?::?(\d\d(?:\.\d*)?))?  # optional seconds (and fractional)
+        ([0-9][0-9]?):?([0-9][0-9])    # hour:min
+        (?::?([0-9][0-9](?:\.[0-9]*)?))?  # optional seconds (and fractional)
      )?                    # optional clock
         \s*
-     ([-+]?\d\d?:?(:?\d\d)?
+     ([-+]?[0-9][0-9]?:?(:?[0-9][0-9])?
       |Z|z)?               # timezone  (Z is "zero meridian", i.e. GMT)
         \s*$
     /x
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
         (
         ( $mon, $day, $yr, $hr, $min, $ampm )
         = /^
-          (\d{2})                # numerical month
+          ([0-9]{2})                # numerical month
              -
-          (\d{2})                # day
+          ([0-9]{2})                # day
              -
-          (\d{2,4})              # year
+          ([0-9]{2,4})              # year
              \s+
-          (\d\d?):(\d\d)([APap][Mm])  # hour:min AM or PM
+          ([0-9][0-9]?):([0-9][0-9])([APap][Mm])  # hour:min AM or PM
              \s*$
         /x
         )
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
     $mon
         = $MoY{$mon}
         || $MoY{"\u\L$mon"}
-        || ( $mon =~ /^\d\d?$/ && $mon >= 1 && $mon <= 12 && int($mon) )
+        || ( $mon =~ /^[0-9][0-9]?$/ && $mon >= 1 && $mon <= 12 && int($mon) )
         || return;
 
     # If the year is missing, we assume first date before the current,
diff --git a/t/unicode-digits.t b/t/unicode-digits.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d61eb68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/unicode-digits.t
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use HTTP::Date qw(str2time parse_date);
+
+# Regression test: date parsing must accept ASCII digits only.
+#
+# Perl's \d matches any Unicode digit, so a date written with non-ASCII
+# digits (e.g. Arabic-Indic U+0660..U+0669) used to match the parsing
+# regexes.  Those Unicode digits then coerced to 0 numerically, so the
+# string was "parsed" into a bogus date instead of being rejected.
+#
+# After hardening the regexes to [0-9], such strings must not parse.
+
+# Map ASCII 0-9 to the corresponding Arabic-Indic digit U+0660..U+0669.
+sub to_unicode_digits {
+    my ($str) = @_;
+    $str =~ s/([0-9])/chr( 0x0660 + $1 )/ge;
+    return $str;
+}
+
+my @ascii_dates = (
+    'Thu, 03 Feb 1994 00:00:00 GMT',         # fast-path RFC 1123 format
+    '03/Feb/1994:00:00:00 0000',             # common logfile format
+    '03-Feb-1994 00:00:00 GMT',              # rfc850 (no weekday)
+    '1994-02-03 00:00:00',                   # ISO 8601
+);
+
+for my $ascii (@ascii_dates) {
+    my $unicode = to_unicode_digits($ascii);
+
+    # Sanity: the ASCII form still parses, the Unicode form differs from it.
+    ok( defined str2time($ascii), "ASCII date still parses: $ascii" );
+    isnt( $unicode, $ascii, 'Unicode-digit string differs from ASCII' );
+
+    is( str2time($unicode), undef,
+        'str2time rejects Unicode-digit date (not parsed as 0)' );
+
+    is( scalar parse_date($unicode), undef,
+        'parse_date rejects Unicode-digit date' );
+}
+
+done_testing;