diff --git a/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/Part.java b/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/Part.java
index 7b85ecc6..64e3c83a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/Part.java
+++ b/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/Part.java
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ public String toString() {
     }
 
     class PunctuationPart extends NewPart {
+        public static final String punctuationChars = "-:., /";
         public PunctuationPart(int start, int end, String source) {
             super(start, end, source);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/PartRecognizer.java b/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/PartRecognizer.java
index e6f3f217..7b1599bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/PartRecognizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/liqp/filters/date/fuzzy/PartRecognizer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package liqp.filters.date.fuzzy;
 
+import static liqp.filters.date.fuzzy.Part.PunctuationPart.punctuationChars;
 import static liqp.filters.date.fuzzy.extractors.Extractors.allYMDPatternExtractor;
 import static liqp.filters.date.fuzzy.extractors.Extractors.fullWeekdaysExtractor;
 import static liqp.filters.date.fuzzy.extractors.Extractors.monthDateExtractor;
@@ -21,8 +22,6 @@
 
 public class PartRecognizer {
 
-    private static final String punctuationChars = "-:., /";
-
     List<Part> recognizePart(List<Part> parts, DatePatternRecognizingContext ctx) {
 
         if (notSet(ctx.weekDay)) {