diff --git a/autoload/fugitive.vim b/autoload/fugitive.vim
index 231ea7f..7b59f13 100644
--- a/autoload/fugitive.vim
+++ b/autoload/fugitive.vim
@@ -5563,7 +5563,7 @@ function! fugitive#BlameSyntax() abort
   endif
   syn match FugitiveblameScoreDebug        " *\d\+\s\+\d\+\s\@=" nextgroup=FugitiveblameAnnotation,FugitiveblameOriginalLineNumber,fugitiveblameOriginalFile contained skipwhite
   syn region FugitiveblameAnnotation matchgroup=FugitiveblameDelimiter start="(" end="\%(\s\d\+\)\@<=)" contained keepend oneline
-  syn match FugitiveblameTime "[0-9:/+-][0-9:/+ -]*[0-9:/+-]\%(\s\+\d\+)\)\@=" contained containedin=FugitiveblameAnnotation
+  syn match FugitiveblameTime "\<[0-9:/+-][0-9:/+ -]*[0-9:/+-]\%(\s\+\d\+)\)\@=" contained containedin=FugitiveblameAnnotation
   exec 'syn match FugitiveblameLineNumber         "\s*\d\+)\@=" contained containedin=FugitiveblameAnnotation' conceal
   exec 'syn match FugitiveblameOriginalFile       "\s\%(\f\+\D\@<=\|\D\@=\f\+\)\%(\%(\s\+\d\+\)\=\s\%((\|\s*\d\+)\)\)\@=" contained nextgroup=FugitiveblameOriginalLineNumber,FugitiveblameAnnotation skipwhite' (s:HasOpt(flags, '--show-name', '-f') ? '' : conceal)
   exec 'syn match FugitiveblameOriginalLineNumber "\s*\d\+\%(\s(\)\@=" contained nextgroup=FugitiveblameAnnotation skipwhite' (s:HasOpt(flags, '--show-number', '-n') ? '' : conceal)