diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py
index 430663fbf..6d5334647 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/bitchute.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     orderedSet,
     urlencode_postdata,
+    unified_strdate,
 )
 
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ class BitChuteIE(InfoExtractor):
             'description': 'md5:3f21f6fb5b1d17c3dee9cf6b5fe60b3a',
             'thumbnail': r're:^https?://.*\.jpg$',
             'uploader': 'Victoria X Rave',
+            'upload_date': '20170813',
         },
     }, {
         'url': 'https://www.bitchute.com/embed/lbb5G1hjPhw/',
@@ -74,6 +76,11 @@ 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.*?>.*?First published at [0-9]+:[0-9]+ UTC on (.*?)\..*?</div>',
+            webpage, 'upload_date', fatal=False)
+        upload_date = unified_strdate(upload_date)
+
         return {
             'id': video_id,
             'title': title,
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ class BitChuteIE(InfoExtractor):
             'thumbnail': thumbnail,
             'uploader': uploader,
             'formats': formats,
+            'upload_date': upload_date,
         }