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+%% vim: ts=4 sw=4 et ft=erlang
+[{qdate, [
+	{default_timezone, "GMT"},
+
+	%% See readme section here:
+    %% https://github.com/choptastic/qdate#about-backwards-compatibility-with-ec_date-and-deterministic-parsing
+	{deterministic_parsing, {zero, zero}}
+]}].