From a30a6ed3e49a0e037af6d5e26ecef3f3eba67d33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pukkandan <pukkandan.ytdlp@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2022 01:33:36 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [youtube:tab] Add `approximate_date` extractor-arg
---
README.md | 1 +
yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py | 2 +-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7f7e94289..88ddb2f3b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1663,6 +1663,7 @@ #### youtube
#### youtubetab (YouTube playlists, channels, feeds, etc.)
* `skip`: One or more of `webpage` (skip initial webpage download), `authcheck` (allow the download of playlists requiring authentication when no initial webpage is downloaded. This may cause unwanted behavior, see [#1122](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/pull/1122) for more details)
+* `approximate_date`: Extract approximate `upload_date` in flat-playlist. This may cause date-based filters to be slightly off
#### funimation
* `language`: Languages to extract. Eg: `funimation:language=english,japanese`
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index 4d9815eb3..fbf9581c6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ def _extract_video(self, renderer):
'uploader': uploader,
'channel_id': channel_id,
'thumbnails': thumbnails,
- # 'upload_date': strftime_or_none(timestamp, '%Y%m%d'),
+ 'upload_date': strftime_or_none(timestamp, '%Y%m%d') if self._configuration_arg('approximate_date', ie_key='youtubetab') else None,
'live_status': ('is_upcoming' if scheduled_timestamp is not None
else 'was_live' if 'streamed' in time_text.lower()
else 'is_live' if overlay_style is not None and overlay_style == 'LIVE' or 'live now' in badges