diff --git a/lib/Date/Parse.pm b/lib/Date/Parse.pm
index b926e05..de6335d 100644
--- a/lib/Date/Parse.pm
+++ b/lib/Date/Parse.pm
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ sub {
     ($year,$month,$day,$hh,$mm,$ss,$frac) = ($1,$3-1,$4,$5,$7,$8,$9);
   }
 
+  # default C++ boost timestamp is effectively %Y-%b-%d %H:%M:%S.%f
+  # details: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/8839
+  if ($dtstr =~ s/\s(\d{4})([-:]?)(\w{3,})\2(\d\d?)(?:[-Tt ](\d\d?)(?:([-:]?)(\d\d?)(?:\6(\d\d?)(?:[.,](\d+))?)?)?)?(?=\D)/ /) {
+    ($year,$month,$day,$hh,$mm,$ss,$frac) = ($1,$month{$3},$4,$5,$7,$8,$9);
+  }
+
   unless (defined $hh) {
     if ($dtstr =~ s#[:\s](\d\d?):(\d\d?)(:(\d\d?)(?:\.\d+)?)?(z)?\s*(?:([ap])\.?m?\.?)?\s# #o) {
       ($hh,$mm,$ss) = ($1,$2,$4);
diff --git a/t/date.t b/t/date.t
index 14448bc..f34f4b5 100644
--- a/t/date.t
+++ b/t/date.t
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ Jul 22 10:00:00 UTC 2002
 2002-07-22 10:00Z
 2002-07-22 10:00 +100
 2002-07-22 10:00 +0100
+2002-Jul-22 10:00:00.000000
+2002-July-22 10:00:00.000000
 !;
 
 @data = split(/\n/, $data);