diff --git a/plugins/discourse-local-dates/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/discourse-local-dates.js.es6 b/plugins/discourse-local-dates/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/discourse-local-dates.js.es6
index b99eca3fe3a..2dbd3467bbe 100644
--- a/plugins/discourse-local-dates/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/discourse-local-dates.js.es6
+++ b/plugins/discourse-local-dates/assets/javascripts/lib/discourse-markdown/discourse-local-dates.js.es6
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ function addLocalDate(buffer, matches, state) {
     countdown: null,
   };
 
-  const matchString = matches[1].replace(/„|“|«|»|“|”/g, '"');
+  const matchString = matches[1].replace(/‘|’|„|“|«|»|”/g, '"');
 
   let parsed = parseBBCodeTag(
     "[date date" + matchString + "]",