diff --git a/Parser/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePlugin.cs b/Parser/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePlugin.cs
index c168a08..980cb36 100644
--- a/Parser/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePlugin.cs
+++ b/Parser/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePlugin.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class ArithmeticTimePlugin : IParseTimeStrings, IApplyTimeTokens
 		** Properties
 		*********/
 		/// <summary>The regular expression that matches the date tokens in the input expression.</summary>
-		protected readonly Regex ParsePattern = new Regex(@"^(?<expression>\s*((?<sign>[\+\-]{0,1})\s*(?<value>\d*))?\s*\b(?<unit>\w+)\b(?<negate>(\s*\bago\b)?)\s*)+", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture);
+		protected readonly Regex ParsePattern = new Regex(@"^(?<expression>\s*((?<sign>[\+\-and]{0,3})\s*(?<value>\d*))?\s*\b(?<unit>\w+)\b(?<negate>(\s*\bago\b)?)\s*)+", RegexOptions.Compiled | RegexOptions.ExplicitCapture);
 
 
 		/*********
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c955cf..3af70c1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ You can also chain relative units:
 * `1 year 2 months` (14 months from now)
 * `1 year -2 fortnights` (almost 11 months from now)
 * `1 year ago 1 year` (today; equivalent to `-1 year +1 year`)
+* `1 year ago and 5 days ago` (5 days ago last year; equivalent to `-1 year -5 days`)
 
 ### Integrated with template engines
 ##### DotLiquid
diff --git a/Tests/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePluginTests.cs b/Tests/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePluginTests.cs
index 5845768..4f0abff 100644
--- a/Tests/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePluginTests.cs
+++ b/Tests/Plugins/ArithmeticTimePluginTests.cs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ public string Tokenize_IsCaseInsensitive(string format)
 		[TestCase("15 years 3 months 2 hours", Result = "[Years:15][Months:3][Hours:2]")]
 		[TestCase("15 years -12 months 2 fortnights 3 weeks -17 days ago -hours 2 minutes secs", Result = "[Years:15][Months:-12][Fortnights:2][Weeks:3][Days:17][Hours:-1][Minutes:2][Seconds:1]")]
 		[TestCase("15 years -months +months ago -2 fortnights 3 weeks -17 days ago -hours 2 minutes secs", Result = "[Years:15][Months:-1][Months:-1][Fortnights:-2][Weeks:3][Days:17][Hours:-1][Minutes:2][Seconds:1]")]
+        [TestCase("1 year ago and 5 days ago", Result = "[Years:-1][Days:-5]")]
 		public string Tokenize_CanChainUnits(string format)
 		{
 			return this.Tokenize(new ArithmeticTimePlugin(), format);