diff --git a/src/main/antlr3/org/natty/generated/DateParser.g b/src/main/antlr3/org/natty/generated/DateParser.g
index de8ad2f3..5155ed66 100644
--- a/src/main/antlr3/org/natty/generated/DateParser.g
+++ b/src/main/antlr3/org/natty/generated/DateParser.g
@@ -461,6 +461,10 @@ explicit_relative_month_seek
   | THE WHITE_SPACE MONTH WHITE_SPACE AFTER WHITE_SPACE NEXT
       -> ^(SEEK DIRECTION[">"] SEEK_BY["by_day"] INT["2"] SPAN["month"])
 
+  // the month (current month)
+  | THE WHITE_SPACE MONTH
+      -> ^(SEEK DIRECTION[">"] SEEK_BY["by_day"] INT["0"] SPAN["month"])
+
   // september
   | relaxed_month
       -> ^(SEEK DIRECTION[">"] SEEK_BY["by_day"] INT["0"] relaxed_month)
@@ -486,6 +490,10 @@ explicit_relative_week_seek
   // the week after next
   | THE WHITE_SPACE WEEK WHITE_SPACE AFTER WHITE_SPACE NEXT
       -> ^(SEEK DIRECTION[">"] SEEK_BY["by_day"] INT["2"] SPAN["week"])
+
+  // the week (current week)
+  | THE WHITE_SPACE WEEK
+      -> ^(SEEK DIRECTION[">"] SEEK_BY["by_day"] INT["0"] SPAN["week"])
   ;
 
  explicit_relative_fortnight_seek
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/natty/AbstractTest.java b/src/test/java/org/natty/AbstractTest.java
index 00d26184..931a82c5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/natty/AbstractTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/natty/AbstractTest.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ protected List<Date> parseCollection(Date referenceDate, String value) {
    */
   protected Date parseSingleDate(String value, Date referenceDate) {
     List<Date> dates = parseCollection(referenceDate, value);
-    Assert.assertEquals(1, dates.size());
+    Assert.assertEquals("didn't find a date in '" + value + "' at all", 1, dates.size());
     return dates.get(0);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/natty/DateTest.java b/src/test/java/org/natty/DateTest.java
index 05398546..7840cd76 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/natty/DateTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/natty/DateTest.java
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ public void testRelative() throws Exception {
     validateDate(reference, "1 year 9 months 1 day from now", 11, 29, 2012);
     validateDate(reference, "2 years 4 months ago", 10, 28, 2008);
     validateDate(reference, "2 years 4 months 5 days ago", 10, 23, 2008);
+    validateDate(reference, "end of the week", 3, 4, 2011);
+    validateDate(reference, "end of the month", 2, 28, 2011);
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/natty/grammar/DateGrammarTest.java b/src/test/java/org/natty/grammar/DateGrammarTest.java
index c97b3466..0fad4a86 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/natty/grammar/DateGrammarTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/natty/grammar/DateGrammarTest.java
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@ public void explicit_relative_date() throws Exception {
     assertAST("at the end of last month",
         "(RELATIVE_DATE (SEEK < by_week 1 month) (EXPLICIT_SEEK (DAY_OF_MONTH 31)))");
     
+    assertAST("end of the week",
+        "(RELATIVE_DATE (SEEK > by_day 0 week) (EXPLICIT_SEEK (DAY_OF_WEEK 6)))");
+    
+    assertAST("end of the month",
+        "(RELATIVE_DATE (SEEK > by_day 0 month) (EXPLICIT_SEEK (DAY_OF_MONTH 31)))");
+    
+    assertAST("beginning of the week",
+        "(RELATIVE_DATE (SEEK > by_day 0 week) (EXPLICIT_SEEK (DAY_OF_WEEK 2)))");
+    
+    assertAST("beginning of the month",
+        "(RELATIVE_DATE (SEEK > by_day 0 month) (EXPLICIT_SEEK (DAY_OF_MONTH 1)))");
+    
     assertAST("the second day of april",
         "(RELATIVE_DATE (SEEK > by_day 0 (MONTH_OF_YEAR 4)) (EXPLICIT_SEEK (DAY_OF_MONTH 2)))");