diff --git a/std/datetime/README.md b/std/datetime/README.md
index 97f2b7c249..b168cd08bd 100644
--- a/std/datetime/README.md
+++ b/std/datetime/README.md
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ are supported:
 Takes an input `string` and a `formatString` to parse to a `date`.
 
 ```ts
-import { parse } from 'https://deno.land/std@0.69.0/datetime/mod.ts'
+import { parse } from 'https://deno.land/std@$STD_VERSION/datetime/mod.ts'
 
 parse("20-01-2019", "dd-MM-yyyy") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20)
 parse("2019-01-20", "yyyy-MM-dd") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20)
-parse("2019-01-20", "dd.MM.yyyy") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20)
+parse("20.01.2019", "dd.MM.yyyy") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20)
 parse("01-20-2019 16:34", "MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34)
 parse("01-20-2019 04:34 PM", "MM-dd-yyyy hh:mm a") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34)
 parse("16:34 01-20-2019", "HH:mm MM-dd-yyyy") // output : new Date(2019, 0, 20, 16, 34)