fixed bug regarding preceeding slash in urls and routes
changed date routes to be ISO dates. This is a breaking change and warrants a 2.0 release
fixes for datetime type
nitpicking
route parameters that have a default are now optional
added support for the old date format... removes the need for 2.0
Merge pull request #4 from gislikonrad/master

Optional parameters, datetime data type, and iso date format