diff --git a/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMatcher.java b/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMatcher.java
index f9954a30..bcdef4a5 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMatcher.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMatcher.java
@@ -1,98 +1,112 @@
-
 package net.filebot.similarity;
 
+import static net.filebot.util.FileUtilities.*;
 
+import java.io.File;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.MatchResult;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import net.filebot.web.SimpleDate;
 
-
 public class DateMatcher {
-	
+
 	private final DatePattern[] patterns;
-	
-	
+
 	public DateMatcher() {
 		patterns = new DatePattern[2];
-		
+
 		// match yyyy-mm-dd patterns like 2010-10-24, 2009/6/1, etc.
 		patterns[0] = new DatePattern("(?<!\\p{Alnum})(\\d{4})[^\\p{Alnum}](\\d{1,2})[^\\p{Alnum}](\\d{1,2})(?!\\p{Alnum})", new int[] { 1, 2, 3 });
-		
+
 		// match dd-mm-yyyy patterns like 1.1.2010, 01/06/2010, etc.
 		patterns[1] = new DatePattern("(?<!\\p{Alnum})(\\d{1,2})[^\\p{Alnum}](\\d{1,2})[^\\p{Alnum}](\\d{4})(?!\\p{Alnum})", new int[] { 3, 2, 1 });
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	public DateMatcher(DatePattern... patterns) {
 		this.patterns = patterns;
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	public SimpleDate match(CharSequence seq) {
 		for (DatePattern pattern : patterns) {
 			SimpleDate match = pattern.match(seq);
-			
+
 			if (match != null) {
 				return match;
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		return null;
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	public int find(CharSequence seq, int fromIndex) {
 		for (DatePattern pattern : patterns) {
 			int pos = pattern.find(seq, fromIndex);
-			
+
 			if (pos >= 0) {
 				return pos;
 			}
 		}
-		
+
 		return -1;
 	}
-	
-	
+
+	public SimpleDate match(File file) {
+		for (String name : tokenizeTail(file)) {
+			for (DatePattern pattern : patterns) {
+				SimpleDate match = pattern.match(name);
+
+				if (match != null) {
+					return match;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	protected List<String> tokenizeTail(File file) {
+		List<String> tail = new ArrayList<String>(2);
+		for (File f : listPathTail(file, 2, true)) {
+			tail.add(getName(f));
+		}
+		return tail;
+	}
+
 	private static class DatePattern {
-		
+
 		protected final Pattern pattern;
 		protected final int[] order;
-		
-		
+
 		public DatePattern(String pattern, int[] order) {
 			this.pattern = Pattern.compile(pattern);
 			this.order = order;
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		protected SimpleDate process(MatchResult match) {
 			return new SimpleDate(Integer.parseInt(match.group(order[0])), Integer.parseInt(match.group(order[1])), Integer.parseInt(match.group(order[2])));
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		public SimpleDate match(CharSequence seq) {
 			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(seq);
-			
+
 			if (matcher.find()) {
 				return process(matcher);
 			}
-			
+
 			return null;
 		}
-		
-		
+
 		public int find(CharSequence seq, int fromIndex) {
 			Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(seq).region(fromIndex, seq.length());
-			
+
 			if (matcher.find()) {
 				return matcher.start();
 			}
-			
+
 			return -1;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 }
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMetric.java b/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMetric.java
index 06a7483d..13a3de85 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMetric.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/similarity/DateMetric.java
@@ -1,48 +1,40 @@
-
 package net.filebot.similarity;
 
-
 import java.io.File;
 
 import net.filebot.web.SimpleDate;
 
-
 public class DateMetric implements SimilarityMetric {
-	
+
 	private final DateMatcher matcher;
-	
-	
+
 	public DateMetric() {
 		this.matcher = new DateMatcher();
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	public DateMetric(DateMatcher matcher) {
 		this.matcher = matcher;
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	@Override
 	public float getSimilarity(Object o1, Object o2) {
 		SimpleDate d1 = parse(o1);
 		if (d1 == null)
 			return 0;
-		
+
 		SimpleDate d2 = parse(o2);
 		if (d2 == null)
 			return 0;
-		
+
 		return d1.equals(d2) ? 1 : -1;
 	}
-	
-	
+
 	public SimpleDate parse(Object object) {
 		if (object instanceof File) {
-			// parse file name
-			object = ((File) object).getName();
+			return matcher.match((File) object);
 		}
-		
+
 		return matcher.match(object.toString());
 	}
-	
+
 }