diff --git a/src/ng/filter/filters.js b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
index b2c5602e0874..ca7249224335 100644
--- a/src/ng/filter/filters.js
+++ b/src/ng/filter/filters.js
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ var DATE_FORMATS = {
      w: weekGetter(1)
 };
 
-var DATE_FORMATS_SPLIT = /((?:[^yMdHhmsaZEw']+)|(?:'(?:[^']|'')*')|(?:E+|y+|M+|d+|H+|h+|m+|s+|a|Z|w+))(.*)/,
+var DATE_FORMATS_SPLIT = /((?:[^yMdHhmsaZEwG']+)|(?:'(?:[^']|'')*')|(?:E+|y+|M+|d+|H+|h+|m+|s+|a|Z|w+))(.*)/,
     NUMBER_STRING = /^\-?\d+$/;
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
index 103bb1513d7e..cf2d7368e30a 100644
--- a/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
+++ b/test/ng/filter/filtersSpec.js
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ describe('filters', function() {
 
       expect(date(earlyDate, "MMMM dd, y")).
                       toEqual('September 03, 1');
+
+      expect(date(earlyDate, "MMMM dd, G y")).
+                      toEqual('September 03,  1');
+
     });
 
     it('should accept negative numbers as strings', function() {