diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index b2cd5e87f..e3bde779c 100755
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(InfoExtractor):
 
 		# upload date
 		upload_date = u'NA'
-		mobj = re.search(r'id="eow-date".*?>(.*?)</span>', video_webpage, re.DOTALL)
+		mobj = re.search(r'id="eow-date.*?>(.*?)</span>', video_webpage, re.DOTALL)
 		if mobj is not None:
 			upload_date = ' '.join(re.sub(r'[/,-]', r' ', mobj.group(1)).split())
 			format_expressions = ['%d %B %Y', '%B %d %Y', '%b %d %Y']