1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 4593488ce..2e48f187e 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
+import ctypes
 import datetime
 import email.utils
 import errno
@@ -766,6 +767,10 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str):
             upload_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, expression).strftime('%Y%m%d')
         except:
             pass
+    if upload_date is None:
+        timetuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(date_str)
+        if timetuple:
+            upload_date = datetime.datetime(*timetuple[:6]).strftime('%Y%m%d')
     return upload_date
 
 def determine_ext(url, default_ext=u'unknown_video'):
@@ -1051,7 +1056,7 @@ def month_by_name(name):
     """ Return the number of a month by (locale-independently) English name """
 
     ENGLISH_NAMES = [
-        u'Januar', u'February', u'March', u'April', u'May', u'June',
+        u'January', u'February', u'March', u'April', u'May', u'June',
         u'July', u'August', u'September', u'October', u'November', u'December']
     try:
         return ENGLISH_NAMES.index(name) + 1
@@ -1062,3 +1067,34 @@ def month_by_name(name):
 def fix_xml_all_ampersand(xml_str):
     """Replace all the '&' by '&' in XML"""
     return xml_str.replace(u'&', u'&')
+
+
+def setproctitle(title):
+    assert isinstance(title, type(u''))
+    try:
+        libc = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
+    except OSError:
+        return
+    title = title
+    buf = ctypes.create_string_buffer(len(title) + 1)
+    buf.value = title.encode('utf-8')
+    try:
+        libc.prctl(15, ctypes.byref(buf), 0, 0, 0)
+    except AttributeError:
+        return  # Strange libc, just skip this
+
+
+def remove_start(s, start):
+    if s.startswith(start):
+        return s[len(start):]
+    return s
+
+
+def url_basename(url):
+    path = compat_urlparse.urlparse(url).path
+    return path.strip(u'/').split(u'/')[-1]
+
+
+class HEADRequest(compat_urllib_request.Request):
+    def get_method(self):
+        return "HEAD"