diff --git a/hakyll.cabal b/hakyll.cabal
--- a/hakyll.cabal
+++ b/hakyll.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:    hakyll
-Version: 4.2.1.2
+Version: 4.2.2.0
 
 Synopsis: A static website compiler library
 Description:
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@
     citeproc-hs  >= 0.3.2  && < 0.4,
     containers   >= 0.3    && < 0.6,
     cryptohash   >= 0.7    && < 0.9,
+    data-default >= 0.4    && < 0.6,
     deepseq      >= 1.3    && < 1.4,
     directory    >= 1.0    && < 1.3,
     filepath     >= 1.0    && < 1.4,
@@ -216,6 +217,7 @@
     citeproc-hs  >= 0.3.2  && < 0.4,
     containers   >= 0.3    && < 0.6,
     cryptohash   >= 0.7    && < 0.9,
+    data-default >= 0.4    && < 0.6,
     deepseq      >= 1.3    && < 1.4,
     directory    >= 1.0    && < 1.3,
     filepath     >= 1.0    && < 1.4,
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler/Internal.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Compiler/Internal.hs
@@ -183,8 +183,9 @@
 compilerCatch (Compiler x) f = Compiler $ \r -> do
     res <- x r
     case res of
-        CompilerError e -> unCompiler (f e) r
-        _               -> return res
+        CompilerDone res' w -> return (CompilerDone res' w)
+        CompilerError e     -> unCompiler (f e) r
+        CompilerRequire i c -> return (CompilerRequire i (compilerCatch c f))
 {-# INLINE compilerCatch #-}
 
 
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Core/Configuration.hs b/src/Hakyll/Core/Configuration.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Core/Configuration.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Core/Configuration.hs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import           Data.Default       (Default(..))
 import           Data.List          (isPrefixOf, isSuffixOf)
 import           System.FilePath    (normalise, takeFileName)
 
@@ -56,6 +57,9 @@
       inMemoryCache        :: Bool
     }
 
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+instance Default Configuration where
+    def = defaultConfiguration
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Default configuration for a hakyll application
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/Context.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/Context.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/Context.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/Context.hs
@@ -127,23 +127,35 @@
 -- | When the metadata has a field called @published@ in one of the
 -- following formats then this function can render the date.
 --
---   * @Sun, 01 Feb 2000 13:00:00 UT@ (RSS date format)
+--   * @Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 +0000@
 --
---   * @2000-02-01T13:00:00Z@ (Atom date format)
+--   * @Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00 UTC@
 --
---   * @February 1, 2000 1:00 PM@ (PM is usually uppercase)
+--   * @Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:01:00@
 --
---   * @February 1, 2000@ (assumes 12:00 AM for the time)
+--   * @2010-09-06T00:01:00+0000@
 --
+--   * @2010-09-06T00:01:00Z@
+--
+--   * @2010-09-06T00:01:00@
+--
+--   * @2010-09-06 00:01:00+0000@
+--
+--   * @2010-09-06 00:01:00@
+--
+--   * @September 06, 2010 00:01 AM@
+--
+-- Following date-only formats are supported too (@00:00:00@ for time is
+-- assumed)
+--
+--   * @2010-09-06@
+--
+--   * @September 06, 2010@
+--
 -- Alternatively, when the metadata has a field called @path@ in a
 -- @folder/yyyy-mm-dd-title.extension@ format (the convention for pages)
 -- and no @published@ metadata field set, this function can render
 -- the date.
---
--- > renderDateField "date" "%B %e, %Y" "Date unknown"
---
--- Will render something like @January 32, 2010@.
---
 dateField :: String     -- ^ Key in which the rendered date should be placed
           -> String     -- ^ Format to use on the date
           -> Context a  -- ^ Resulting context
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- | Parser to try to extract and parse the time from the @published@
--- field or from the filename. See 'renderDateField' for more information.
+-- field or from the filename. See 'dateField' for more information.
 -- Exported for user convenience.
 getItemUTC :: MonadMetadata m
            => TimeLocale        -- ^ Output time locale
@@ -185,9 +197,9 @@
         "could not parse time for " ++ show id'
     parseTime' = parseTime locale
     formats    =
-        [ "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S UT"
-        , "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ"
-        , "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+        [ "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z"
+        , "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%Z"
+        , "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%Z"
         , "%Y-%m-%d"
         , "%B %e, %Y %l:%M %p"
         , "%B %e, %Y"
diff --git a/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/List.hs b/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/List.hs
--- a/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/List.hs
+++ b/src/Hakyll/Web/Template/List.hs
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@
 
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- | Sort pages chronologically. This function assumes that the pages have a
--- @year-month-day-title.extension@ naming scheme -- as is the convention in
--- Hakyll.
+-- | Sort pages chronologically. Uses the same method as 'dateField' for
+-- extracting the date.
 chronological :: MonadMetadata m => [Item a] -> m [Item a]
 chronological =
     sortByM $ getItemUTC defaultTimeLocale . itemIdentifier