[utils] Avoid treating *-%Y date template as UTC offset

ytdl-org · Apr 4, 2015 · 15ac841 · 15ac841
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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -730,7 +730,8 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str, day_first=True):
     # Replace commas
     date_str = date_str.replace(',', ' ')
     # %z (UTC offset) is only supported in python>=3.2
-    date_str = re.sub(r' ?(\+|-)[0-9]{2}:?[0-9]{2}$', '', date_str)
+    if not re.match(r'^[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{1,2}-[0-9]{4}$', date_str):
+        date_str = re.sub(r' ?(\+|-)[0-9]{2}:?[0-9]{2}$', '', date_str)
     # Remove AM/PM + timezone
     date_str = re.sub(r'(?i)\s*(?:AM|PM)(?:\s+[A-Z]+)?', '', date_str)