diff -r 2b5953a49f14 -r bb18728ea617 mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py	Tue May 16 14:31:21 2017 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/util.py	Wed May 24 17:50:17 2017 +0200
@@ -1924,9 +1924,6 @@
     The date may be a "unixtime offset" string or in one of the specified
     formats. If the date already is a (unixtime, offset) tuple, it is returned.
 
-    This function calls rawparsedate and convert ValueError to Abort for
-    functions that needs higher level exception.
-
     >>> parsedate(' today ') == parsedate(\
                                   datetime.date.today().strftime('%b %d'))
     True
@@ -1941,20 +1938,6 @@
     >>> tz == strtz
     True
     """
-    try:
-        return rawparsedate(date, formats=formats, bias=bias)
-    except ValueError as exception:
-        raise Abort(str(exception))
-
-def rawparsedate(date, formats=None, bias=None):
-    """parse a localized date/time and return a (unixtime, offset) tuple.
-
-    The date may be a "unixtime offset" string or in one of the specified
-    formats. If the date already is a (unixtime, offset) tuple, it is returned.
-
-    See docstring of parsedate for example.
-    Raise ValueError for invalid date value.
-    """
     if bias is None:
         bias = {}
     if not date:
@@ -2001,15 +1984,15 @@
             else:
                 break
         else:
-            raise ValueError(_('invalid date: %r') % date)
+            raise error.ParseError(_('invalid date: %r') % date)
     # validate explicit (probably user-specified) date and
     # time zone offset. values must fit in signed 32 bits for
     # current 32-bit linux runtimes. timezones go from UTC-12
     # to UTC+14
     if when < -0x80000000 or when > 0x7fffffff:
-        raise ValueError(_('date exceeds 32 bits: %d') % when)
+        raise error.ParseError(_('date exceeds 32 bits: %d') % when)
     if offset < -50400 or offset > 43200:
-        raise ValueError(_('impossible time zone offset: %d') % offset)
+        raise error.ParseError(_('impossible time zone offset: %d') % offset)
     return when, offset
 
 def matchdate(date):