diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py
index e30b94261..e7bd56389 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py
@@ -76,10 +76,9 @@ class BitChuteIE(InfoExtractor):
              r'(?s)<p\b[^>]+\bclass=["\']video-author[^>]+>(.+?)</p>'),
             webpage, 'uploader', fatal=False)
 
-        upload_date = self._html_search_regex(
-            r'(?s)class=["\']video-publish-date.*?>\W*First published at [0-9]+:[0-9]+ UTC on (.*?)\.\W*</div>',
-            webpage, 'upload_date', fatal=False)
-        upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
+        upload_date = unified_strdate(self._search_regex(
+            r'class=["\']video-publish-date[^>]+>[^<]+ at \d+:\d+ UTC on (.+?)\.',
+            webpage, 'upload date', fatal=False))
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,