From ccc25d6710a4aa373b7e15c558e07f8a2ffae5f3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coletdjnz <coletdjnz@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025 08:29:06 +1300
Subject: [PATCH] [ie/youtube:tab] Fix approximate timestamp extraction for
 feeds (#14539)

Authored by: coletdjnz
---
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py | 4 ++--
 yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py  | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
index 47e09c4f21..ded43b8aea 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_base.py
@@ -1196,7 +1196,7 @@ def extract_relative_time(relative_time_text):
             except ValueError:
                 return None
 
-    def _parse_time_text(self, text):
+    def _parse_time_text(self, text, report_failure=True):
         if not text:
             return
         dt_ = self.extract_relative_time(text)
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ def _parse_time_text(self, text):
                         (r'([a-z]+\s*\d{1,2},?\s*20\d{2})', r'(?:.+|^)(?:live|premieres|ed|ing)(?:\s*(?:on|for))?\s*(.+\d)'),
                         text.lower(), 'time text', default=None)))
 
-        if text and timestamp is None and self._preferred_lang in (None, 'en'):
+        if report_failure and text and timestamp is None and self._preferred_lang in (None, 'en'):
             self.report_warning(
                 f'Cannot parse localized time text "{text}"', only_once=True)
         return timestamp
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py
index 5870786978..72a66e0a1a 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube/_tab.py
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ def _extract_lockup_view_model(self, view_model):
                 'contentImage', *thumb_keys, 'thumbnailViewModel', 'image'), final_key='sources'),
             duration=traverse_obj(view_model, (
                 'contentImage', 'thumbnailViewModel', 'overlays', ..., 'thumbnailOverlayBadgeViewModel',
-                'thumbnailBadges', ..., 'thumbnailBadgeViewModel', 'text', {parse_duration}, any)))
+                'thumbnailBadges', ..., 'thumbnailBadgeViewModel', 'text', {parse_duration}, any)),
+            timestamp=(traverse_obj(view_model, (
+                'metadata', 'lockupMetadataViewModel', 'metadata', 'contentMetadataViewModel', 'metadataRows',
+                ..., 'metadataParts', ..., 'text', 'content', {lambda t: self._parse_time_text(t, report_failure=False)}, any))
+                if self._configuration_arg('approximate_date', ie_key=YoutubeTabIE) else None))
 
     def _rich_entries(self, rich_grid_renderer):
         if lockup_view_model := traverse_obj(rich_grid_renderer, ('content', 'lockupViewModel', {dict})):