diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..d2d5406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/datetime-0.4.7.crate
diff --git a/0001-drop-regex-from-dependency-set.patch b/0001-drop-regex-from-dependency-set.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0bd55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-drop-regex-from-dependency-set.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 2ce3535d44ac97d45d19a5066d96e3926bdc52df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Igor Gnatenko <i.gnatenko.brain@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:13:56 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] drop regex from dependency set
+
+It is effectively not used.
+
+Signed-off-by: Igor Gnatenko <i.gnatenko.brain@gmail.com>
+---
+ tests/parsing.rs | 1 -
+ 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/tests/parsing.rs b/tests/parsing.rs
+index 04a007b..22e5254 100644
+--- a/tests/parsing.rs
++++ b/tests/parsing.rs
+@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
+ extern crate datetime;
+ use datetime::{LocalDateTime, Weekday, Month, LocalDate};
+-extern crate regex;
+ 
+ extern crate rustc_serialize;
+ use rustc_serialize::json::Json;
+-- 
+2.15.0
+
diff --git a/datetime-0.4.7-fix-metadata.diff b/datetime-0.4.7-fix-metadata.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e1a520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/datetime-0.4.7-fix-metadata.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- datetime-0.4.7/Cargo.toml	1970-01-01T01:00:00+01:00
++++ datetime-0.4.7/Cargo.toml	2017-11-21T07:27:20.696471+01:00
+@@ -29,22 +29,13 @@
+ version = "0.2"
+ 
+ [dependencies.iso8601]
+-version = "0.1.0"
++version = "0.2"
+ 
+ [dependencies.num-traits]
+ version = "0.1.35"
+ 
+ [dependencies.libc]
+ version = "0.2"
+-[dev-dependencies.regex]
+-version = "0.1"
+ 
+ [dev-dependencies.rustc-serialize]
+ version = "0.3"
+-[target."cfg(windows)".dependencies.winapi]
+-version = "0.2.8"
+-
+-[target."cfg(windows)".dependencies.kernel32-sys]
+-version = "0.2.2"
+-[target."cfg(target_os = \"redox\")".dependencies.redox_syscall]
+-version = "0.1.29"
diff --git a/rust-datetime.spec b/rust-datetime.spec
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index 0000000..45c88de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust-datetime.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Generated by rust2rpm
+%bcond_without check
+%global debug_package %{nil}
+
+%global crate datetime
+
+Name:           rust-%{crate}
+Version:        0.4.7
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Library for date and time formatting and arithmetic
+
+# https://github.com/rust-datetime/datetime/issues/20
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://crates.io/crates/datetime
+Source0:        https://crates.io/api/v1/crates/%{crate}/%{version}/download#/%{crate}-%{version}.crate
+# Initial patched metadata
+# * No windows
+# * No redox
+# * Drop regex dependency, https://github.com/rust-datetime/datetime/pull/19
+# * Bump iso8601 to 0.2, https://github.com/rust-datetime/datetime/pull/21
+Patch0:         datetime-0.4.7-fix-metadata.diff
+# Really drop regex dependency
+Patch1:         0001-drop-regex-from-dependency-set.patch
+
+ExclusiveArch:  %{rust_arches}
+
+BuildRequires:  rust-packaging
+# [dependencies]
+BuildRequires:  (crate(iso8601) >= 0.2.0 with crate(iso8601) < 0.3.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(libc) >= 0.2.0 with crate(libc) < 0.3.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(locale) >= 0.2.0 with crate(locale) < 0.3.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(num-traits) >= 0.1.35 with crate(num-traits) < 0.2.0)
+BuildRequires:  (crate(pad) >= 0.1.0 with crate(pad) < 0.2.0)
+%if %{with check}
+# [dev-dependencies]
+BuildRequires:  (crate(rustc-serialize) >= 0.3.0 with crate(rustc-serialize) < 0.4.0)
+%endif
+
+%description
+%{summary}.
+
+%package        devel
+Summary:        %{summary}
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+%description    devel
+Library for date and time formatting and arithmetic.
+
+This package contains library source intended for building other packages
+which use %{crate} from crates.io.
+
+%prep
+%autosetup -n %{crate}-%{version} -p1
+%cargo_prep
+
+%build
+%cargo_build
+
+%install
+%cargo_install
+
+%if %{with check}
+%check
+%cargo_test
+%endif
+
+%files          devel
+%doc README.md
+%{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version}/
+%exclude %{cargo_registry}/%{crate}-%{version}/tests/generate_tests.rb
+
+%changelog
+* Tue Nov 21 2017 Igor Gnatenko <ignatenkobrain@fedoraproject.org> - 0.4.7-1
+- Initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..577bd83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SHA512 (datetime-0.4.7.crate) = c7b0503cae21628f64ba8740ffdf5798a7289ab7f6bb31fa02410bf36d7c5a0ace156ccbcb51fe57d7918e4885e608652af859b1e137a06b1a3b2d4a9a46bcc8