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diff --git a/libpit/lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar b/libpit/lib/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar
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diff --git a/libpit/project.properties b/libpit/project.properties
index eb29644..b326daa 100755
--- a/libpit/project.properties
+++ b/libpit/project.properties
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:20:47 -0500
+#Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:47:05 -0500
 #Sat Apr 24 17:08:00 CDT 2010
 build.dir=build
 src.dir=src
 lib.shared.dir=../shared-libs
 test.dir=test
-build.number=0
+build.number=11
 expected.application.version=3.0.0
 lib.dir=lib
 release.dir=release
diff --git a/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/Issue.groovy b/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/Issue.groovy
index 2d4fbf8..3a28421 100755
--- a/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/Issue.groovy
+++ b/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/Issue.groovy
@@ -13,13 +13,20 @@ public abstract class Issue {
 
     protected Map extendedPropeties = [:]
 
-    Issue(String id, Category c = Category.TASK, Status s = Status.NEW,
-    int p = 9) {
-        this.id = id
-        this.category = c
-        this.status = s
-        this.priority = p
-    }
+    Issue(Map props) {
+        this.id = props.id
+        this.category = props.category ?: Category.TASK
+        this.status = props.status ?: Status.NEW
+        this.priority = props.priority ?: 9
+        this.title = props.title ?: ''
+        this.text = props.text ?: ''
+
+        def nativeProps =
+            ["id", "category", "status", "priority", "title", "text"]
+
+        props.each { key, val ->
+            if (nativeProps.contains(key)) { return }
+            this.extendedProperties[key] = val }}
 
     public String getId() { return id; }
 
@@ -49,7 +56,7 @@ public abstract class Issue {
 
     public String getTitle() { return title }
 
-    public String setTitle(String t) throws IOException { title = t }
+    public void setTitle(String t) throws IOException { title = t }
 
     public String getText() { return text }
 
diff --git a/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssue.groovy b/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssue.groovy
index 6598cfe..19637e5 100755
--- a/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssue.groovy
+++ b/libpit/src/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssue.groovy
@@ -1,31 +1,75 @@
 package com.jdbernard.pit.file
 
 import com.jdbernard.pit.*
+
 import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException as IAE
 
+import org.joda.time.DateMidnight
+import org.joda.time.DateTime
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory
+
 public class FileIssue extends Issue {
 
     protected File source
+    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass())
+
     public static final String fileExp = /(\d+)([bft])([ajnsv])(\d).*/
 
     public FileIssue(File file) {
 
-        super('REPLACE_ME')
+        super(id: -1, title: 'REPLACE_ME')
+
+        if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            log.debug("Loading a FileIssue from '{}'", file.canonicalPath) }
 
         def matcher = file.name =~ fileExp
         if (!matcher)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("${file} " +
                 "is not a valid Issue file.")
 
+        // Read issue attributes from the filename.
         super.@id = matcher[0][1]
         super.@category = Category.toCategory(matcher[0][2])
         super.@status = Status.toStatus(matcher[0][3])
         super.@priority = matcher[0][4].toInteger()
 
+        log.debug("id: {}\tcategory: {}\tstatus: {}\tpriority: {}",
+            [super.@id, super.@category, super.@status, super.@priority])
+
         this.source = file
 
-        super.@text = file.text
-        super.@title = super.@text.readLines()[0]
+        String text = ""
+        boolean parsingText = true
+
+        // Now parse the actual file contents.
+        file.text.eachLine { line, lineNumber ->
+
+            log.trace("lineNumber: {}, line: {}", lineNumber, line)
+
+            if (lineNumber == 0) {
+                super.@title = line
+                log.debug("Found title: {}", super.@title) }
+
+            else if (lineNumber > 2) {
+                // We see the horizontal rule
+                if (line ==~ /\s*^\-{4}\-*\s*$/) { parsingText = false }
+
+                if (parsingText) { text += "$line\n" }
+
+                else {
+                    def match = (line =~ /^([^:]+):(.+)$/)
+                    if (match) {
+                        def key = match[0][1].trim()
+                        def value = parseValue(match[0][2].trim())
+                        super.@extendedProperties[key] = value
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        super.@text = text
     }
 
     public void setCategory(Category c) throws IOException {
@@ -109,22 +153,22 @@ public class FileIssue extends Issue {
 
     public static String formatIssue(Issue issue) {
         def result = new StringBuilder()
-        result.append(title)
+        result.append(issue.@title)
         result.append("\n")
-        result.append("=".multiply(title.length()))
+        result.append("=".multiply(issue.@title.length()))
         result.append("\n")
-        result.append(text)
+        result.append(issue.@text)
         result.append("\n----\n")
 
         // If there are any extended properties, let's write those.
-        if (super.@extendedProperties.size() > 0) {
+        if (issue.@extendedProperties.size() > 0) {
             def extOutput = [:]
             def maxKeyLen = 0
             def maxValLen = 0
 
             // Find the longest key and value, convert all to strings.
-            super.@extendedProperties.each { key, val ->
-                def ks = key.toString(), vs = val.toString()
+            issue.@extendedProperties.each { key, val ->
+                def ks = key.toString(), vs = formatProperty(val)
                 extOutput[ks] = vs
                 if (ks.length() > maxKeyLen) { maxKeyLen = ks.length() }
                 if (vs.length() > maxKeyLen) { maxValLen = vs.length() } }
@@ -146,7 +190,7 @@ public class FileIssue extends Issue {
             result.append("\n") }}
 
     protected void writeFile() {
-        try { source.write(formatIssue(this) }
+        try { source.write(formatIssue(this)) }
         catch (IOException ioe) {
             throw new IOException("I could not save the new text for this "
                 + "issue. I can not write to the file for this issue. I do not"
@@ -154,4 +198,16 @@ public class FileIssue extends Issue {
         }
     }
 
+    public def parseValue(String value) {
+        switch (value) {
+            case ~/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}/: return DateMidnight.parse(value)
+            default: return value
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String formatProperty(DateTime prop) {
+        return prop.format("YYYY-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss") }
+
+    public String formatProperty(DateMidnight prop) {
+        return prop.format("YYYY-MM-dd") }
 }
diff --git a/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/MockIssue.groovy b/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/MockIssue.groovy
index 1f37c1a..b03abfc 100755
--- a/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/MockIssue.groovy
+++ b/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/MockIssue.groovy
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ package com.jdbernard.pit
 
 public class MockIssue extends Issue {
     public MockIssue(String id, Category c, Status s, int p) {
-        super (id, c, s, p)
+        super ([id: id, category: c, status: s, priority: p])
     }
     public boolean delete() { return true }
 }
diff --git a/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssueTest.groovy b/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssueTest.groovy
index 8fa57a4..122fee3 100755
--- a/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssueTest.groovy
+++ b/libpit/test/com/jdbernard/pit/file/FileIssueTest.groovy
@@ -171,9 +171,7 @@ class FileIssueTest {
         assertEquals issue.status    , Status.NEW
         assertEquals issue.priority  , 1
         assertEquals issue.title     , "Add the killer feature to the killer app."
-        assertEquals issue.text      , "Add the killer feature to the killer app.\n" +
-                                      "=========================================\n\n" +
-                                      "Make our killer app shine!."
+        assertEquals issue.text      , "Make our killer app shine!."
         assertEquals issue.source    , issueFile
     }