diff --git a/src/format/index.js b/src/format/index.js
index dfd5854e7b..dd24f12bac 100644
--- a/src/format/index.js
+++ b/src/format/index.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var formattingTokensRegExp = /[yYQqMLwIdDecihHKkms]o|(\w)\1*|''|'(''|[^'])+('|$)
 // sequences of symbols P, p, and the combinations like `PPPPPPPppppp`
 var longFormattingTokensRegExp = /P+p+|P+|p+|''|'(''|[^'])+('|$)|./g
 
-var escapedStringRegExp = /^'(.*?)'?$/
+var escapedStringRegExp = /^'([^]*?)'?$/
 var doubleQuoteRegExp = /''/g
 var unescapedLatinCharacterRegExp = /[a-zA-Z]/
 
diff --git a/src/format/test.js b/src/format/test.js
index 55dad9c707..d5655712d1 100644
--- a/src/format/test.js
+++ b/src/format/test.js
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ describe('format', function() {
     assert(format(date, "''h 'o''clock'''") === "'5 o'clock'")
   })
 
+  it('accepts new line charactor', function() {
+    var date = new Date(2014, 3, 4, 5)
+    assert.equal(format(date, "yyyy-MM-dd'\n'HH:mm:ss"), '2014-04-04\n05:00:00')
+  })
+
   describe('ordinal numbers', function() {
     it('ordinal day of an ordinal month', function() {
       var result = format(date, "do 'day of the' Mo 'month of' yyyy")
diff --git a/src/lightFormat/index.js b/src/lightFormat/index.js
index ab58e8caa8..0c3f64dde8 100644
--- a/src/lightFormat/index.js
+++ b/src/lightFormat/index.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import subMilliseconds from '../subMilliseconds/index.js'
 // - . matches any single character unmatched by previous parts of the RegExps
 var formattingTokensRegExp = /(\w)\1*|''|'(''|[^'])+('|$)|./g
 
-var escapedStringRegExp = /^'(.*?)'?$/
+var escapedStringRegExp = /^'([^]*?)'?$/
 var doubleQuoteRegExp = /''/g
 var unescapedLatinCharacterRegExp = /[a-zA-Z]/
 
diff --git a/src/lightFormat/test.js b/src/lightFormat/test.js
index 0d3c4f3961..0f9af11ad8 100644
--- a/src/lightFormat/test.js
+++ b/src/lightFormat/test.js
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ describe('lightFormat', () => {
     assert(lightFormat(date, "''h 'o''clock'''") === "'5 o'clock'")
   })
 
+  it('accepts new line charactor', function() {
+    var date = new Date(2014, 3, 4, 5)
+    assert.equal(
+      lightFormat(date, "yyyy-MM-dd'\n'HH:mm:ss"),
+      '2014-04-04\n05:00:00'
+    )
+  })
+
   describe('year', () => {
     describe('regular year', () => {
       it('works as expected', () => {
diff --git a/src/parse/index.js b/src/parse/index.js
index 8693c8cf84..8c0642ab60 100644
--- a/src/parse/index.js
+++ b/src/parse/index.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ var formattingTokensRegExp = /[yYQqMLwIdDecihHKkms]o|(\w)\1*|''|'(''|[^'])+('|$)
 // sequences of symbols P, p, and the combinations like `PPPPPPPppppp`
 var longFormattingTokensRegExp = /P+p+|P+|p+|''|'(''|[^'])+('|$)|./g
 
-var escapedStringRegExp = /^'(.*?)'?$/
+var escapedStringRegExp = /^'([^]*?)'?$/
 var doubleQuoteRegExp = /''/g
 
 var notWhitespaceRegExp = /\S/
diff --git a/src/parse/test.js b/src/parse/test.js
index a5087b9af8..de0f1a3011 100644
--- a/src/parse/test.js
+++ b/src/parse/test.js
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ describe('parse', function() {
     assert.deepEqual(result, new Date(1986, 3 /* Apr */, 4, 5))
   })
 
+  it('accepts new line charactor', function() {
+    var result = parse(
+      '2014-04-04\n05:00:00',
+      "yyyy-MM-dd'\n'HH:mm:ss",
+      backupDate
+    )
+    assert.deepEqual(result, new Date(2014, 3 /* Apr */, 4, 5))
+  })
+
   describe('era', function() {
     it('abbreviated', function() {
       var result = parse('10000 BC', 'yyyyy G', backupDate)