diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 6419b3ca96..97551ce9c0 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ def test_unified_dates(self):
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('Dec 14, 2012'), '20121214')
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('2012/10/11 01:56:38 +0000'), '20121011')
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('1968-12-10'), '19681210')
+        self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('28/01/2014 21:00:00 +0100'), '20140128')
 
     def test_find_xpath_attr(self):
         testxml = '''<root>
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
index 957d35979d..c3d02f85e8 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/arte.py
@@ -86,11 +86,15 @@ def _extract_from_json_url(self, json_url, video_id, lang):
         info = self._download_json(json_url, video_id)
         player_info = info['videoJsonPlayer']
 
+        upload_date_str = player_info.get('shootingDate')
+        if not upload_date_str:
+            upload_date_str = player_info.get('VDA', '').split(' ')[0]
+
         info_dict = {
             'id': player_info['VID'],
             'title': player_info['VTI'],
             'description': player_info.get('VDE'),
-            'upload_date': unified_strdate(player_info.get('VDA', '').split(' ')[0]),
+            'upload_date': unified_strdate(upload_date_str),
             'thumbnail': player_info.get('programImage') or player_info.get('VTU', {}).get('IUR'),
         }
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 950cd1a7a0..f057470977 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -890,6 +890,7 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str):
         '%d/%m/%Y',
         '%d/%m/%y',
         '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S',
+        '%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S',
         '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
         '%d.%m.%Y %H:%M',
         '%d.%m.%Y %H.%M',