+% my $dt = $parser->parse_datetime($1);
+% if ($dt) {
+% $new->setfield('birthdate', $dt->epoch);
+% $cgi->param('birthdate', $dt->epoch);
+% } else {
+%# $error ||= $cgi->param('birthdate') . " is an invalid birthdate:" . $parser->errmsg;
+% $error ||= "Invalid birthdate: " . $cgi->param('birthdate') . ".";
+% $cgi->param('birthdate', '');
+% }