diff --git a/src/services/import/enex.js b/src/services/import/enex.js
index b00d2e21b..b516f1fff 100644
--- a/src/services/import/enex.js
+++ b/src/services/import/enex.js
@@ -8,13 +8,19 @@ const noteService = require("../notes");
 const imageService = require("../image");
 const protectedSessionService = require('../protected_session');
 const htmlSanitizer = require("../html_sanitizer");
-const attributeService = require("../attributes");
 const {sanitizeAttributeName} = require("../sanitize_attribute_name.js");
 
-// date format is e.g. 20181121T193703Z
+/**
+ * date format is e.g. 20181121T193703Z or 2013-04-14T16:19:00.000Z (Mac evernote, see #3496)
+ * @returns trilium date format, e.g. 2013-04-14 16:19:00.000Z
+ */
 function parseDate(text) {
-    // insert - and : to make it ISO format
-    text = `${text.substr(0, 4)}-${text.substr(4, 2)}-${text.substr(6, 2)} ${text.substr(9, 2)}:${text.substr(11, 2)}:${text.substr(13, 2)}.000Z`;
+    // convert ISO format to the "20181121T193703Z" format
+    text = text.replace(/[-:]/g, "");
+
+    // insert - and : to convert it to trilium format
+    text = text.substr(0, 4) + "-" + text.substr(4, 2) + "-" + text.substr(6, 2)
+        + " " + text.substr(9, 2) + ":" + text.substr(11, 2) + ":" + text.substr(13, 2) + ".000Z";
 
     return text;
 }