For kicks, I ran it on a Windows system, and the evidence on the console supports Corion's conclusion (note the á where the would be, which showed as whitespace on the original example):
M:\PerlMonks>perl parsedate.pl postdate: 14th August 2017,á21:07 postdate parsed: string parsed: 2017081421:07:00
In reply to Re^2: Weird Date::Manip DateParse fail
by dbander
in thread Weird Date::Manip DateParse fail
by cormanaz
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