diff --git a/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html b/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
index ae4c78fba..453c784ae 100644
--- a/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
+++ b/demos/functional/templates/ui.datepicker.html
@@ -204,7 +204,8 @@
 				options: [
 					{	desc: 'January 1, 2007',	source: '$("#defaultDate").datepicker({defaultDate: new Date(2007, 1 - 1, 1), showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true});' },
 					{	desc: '7 days from today',	source: '$("#defaultDate").datepicker({defaultDate: +7, showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true});' },
-					{	desc: '2 weeks from today',	source: '$("#defaultDate").datepicker({defaultDate: "+2w", showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true});' }
+					{	desc: '2 weeks from today',	source: '$("#defaultDate").datepicker({defaultDate: "+2w", showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true});' },
+					{	desc: '10 days and 1 month from today',	source: '$("#defaultDate").datepicker({defaultDate: "+10 D +1 M", showOn: "both", buttonImage: "templates/images/calendar.gif", buttonImageOnly: true});' }
 				]
 			},
 
diff --git a/ui/ui.datepicker.js b/ui/ui.datepicker.js
index 1a1dc1187..643f6de04 100644
--- a/ui/ui.datepicker.js
+++ b/ui/ui.datepicker.js
@@ -1054,11 +1054,12 @@ $.extend(DatepickerInstance.prototype, {
 		};
 		var offsetString = function(offset, getDaysInMonth) {
 			var date = new Date();
-			var matches = /^([+-]?[0-9]+)\s*(d|D|w|W|m|M|y|Y)?$/.exec(offset);
-			if (matches) {
-				var year = date.getFullYear();
-				var month = date.getMonth();
-				var day = date.getDate();
+			var year = date.getFullYear();
+			var month = date.getMonth();
+			var day = date.getDate();
+			var pattern = /([+-]?[0-9]+)\s*(d|D|w|W|m|M|y|Y)?/g;
+			var matches = pattern.exec(offset);
+			while (matches) {
 				switch (matches[2] || 'd') {
 					case 'd' : case 'D' :
 						day += (matches[1] - 0); break;
@@ -1073,9 +1074,9 @@ $.extend(DatepickerInstance.prototype, {
 						day = Math.min(day, getDaysInMonth(year, month));
 						break;
 				}
-				date = new Date(year, month, day);
+				matches = pattern.exec(offset);
 			}
-			return date;
+			return new Date(year, month, day);
 		};
 		var date = this._get(name);
 		return (date == null ? defaultDate :