diff --git a/src/Skybrud.Essentials/Time/EssentialsDate.cs b/src/Skybrud.Essentials/Time/EssentialsDate.cs
index 7a787ac..9cc4a80 100644
--- a/src/Skybrud.Essentials/Time/EssentialsDate.cs
+++ b/src/Skybrud.Essentials/Time/EssentialsDate.cs
@@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ public static bool TryParse(string input, out EssentialsDate result) {
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input)) return false;
 
             // Attempt to parse the date
-            if (DateTime.TryParse(input, out DateTime dt)) {
+            if (DateTime.TryParse(input, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, DateTimeStyles.None, out DateTime dt)) {
                 result = new EssentialsDate(dt);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/UnitTestProject1/Time/EssentialsDateTests.cs b/src/UnitTestProject1/Time/EssentialsDateTests.cs
index 6012e23..a98bcef 100644
--- a/src/UnitTestProject1/Time/EssentialsDateTests.cs
+++ b/src/UnitTestProject1/Time/EssentialsDateTests.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,29 @@ public void YearAndDay() {
 
         }
 
+        [TestMethod]
+        public void TryParse1() {
+
+            bool success1 = EssentialsDate.TryParse("2019-08-17", out EssentialsDate result1);
+            bool success2 = EssentialsDate.TryParse("08/17/2019", out EssentialsDate result2);
+            bool success3 = EssentialsDate.TryParse("17/08/2019", out EssentialsDate result3);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, success1, "#1");
+            Assert.AreEqual(true, success2, "#2");
+            Assert.AreEqual(false, success3, "#3");
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(2019, result1.Year);
+            Assert.AreEqual(8, result1.Month);
+            Assert.AreEqual(17, result1.Day);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(2019, result2.Year);
+            Assert.AreEqual(8, result2.Month);
+            Assert.AreEqual(17, result2.Day);
+
+            Assert.IsNull(result3);
+
+        }
+
         [TestMethod]
         public void TryParse() {