diff --git a/src/NodaTimeSplitter.php b/src/NodaTimeSplitter.php
index ba6d287..b9593b6 100644
--- a/src/NodaTimeSplitter.php
+++ b/src/NodaTimeSplitter.php
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ final class NodaTimeSplitter {
         if (strlen($datum) <= 9) return [];
 
         // The year is only parse-able if it is a four digit year at the start
-        if (self::is_numeric((string)\substr($datum, 0, 4))) {
+        if (self::is_numeric((string)\substr($datum, 0, 4)) && substr($datum, 4, 1) === '.') {
             $year = \substr($datum, 0, 4);
         }
 
@@ -1114,11 +1114,21 @@ final class NodaTimeSplitter {
     public static function attempt_splitting(string $datum):array {
 
         $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_timespan($datum);
-        if (!$moda) $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_incomplete_date($datum);
-        if (!$moda) $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_valid_date($datum);
-        if (!$moda) $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_valid_date_hungarian($datum);
-        if (!$moda) $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_century($datum);
-        if (!$moda) $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_decade($datum);
+        if (!$moda) {
+            $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_incomplete_date($datum);
+        }
+        if (!$moda) {
+            $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_valid_date($datum);
+        }
+        if (!$moda) {
+            $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_valid_date_hungarian($datum);
+        }
+        if (!$moda) {
+            $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_century($datum);
+        }
+        if (!$moda) {
+            $moda = NodaTimeSplitter::is_decade($datum);
+        }
 
         if (!empty($moda)) {
             if ((int)$moda[2] > 12 || (int)$moda[3] > 31) {
diff --git a/tests/NodaTimeSplitterTest.php b/tests/NodaTimeSplitterTest.php
index 357e65c..81dbe1c 100644
--- a/tests/NodaTimeSplitterTest.php
+++ b/tests/NodaTimeSplitterTest.php
@@ -699,6 +699,8 @@ final class NodaTimeSplitterTest extends TestCase {
 
         $output = NodaTimeSplitter::attempt_splitting("65497028c51eb");
         self::assertEquals($output, []);
+        $output = NodaTimeSplitter::attempt_splitting("6552cf08b0196 test tag");
+        self::assertEquals($output, []);
 
         # $output = NodaTimeSplitter::attempt_splitting("Nach 1944-1964");
         # self::assertEquals($output, []);