diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index a047487f..8e301a73 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 * Change disable ToTV due to non-deletable yet reported hacker BTC inbox scam and also little to no new content listings
 * Fix Episode View KeyError: 'state-title' failure for shows without a runtime
 * Update py-unrar2 library 99.3 to 99.6 (2fe1e98)
+* Fix py-unrar2 on unix to handle different date formats output by different unrar command line versions
 
 [develop changelog]
 Enable Alpha Ratio again now that the secure login page over https is fixed
diff --git a/HACKS.txt b/HACKS.txt
index 75c4b37f..c569ab61 100644
--- a/HACKS.txt
+++ b/HACKS.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ Libs with customisations...
 /lib/requests/packages/urllib3/connectionpool.py
 /lib/requests/packages/urllib3/util/ssl_.py
 /tornado
+/lib/unrar2/unix.py
diff --git a/lib/unrar2/unix.py b/lib/unrar2/unix.py
index 12cced48..9e826a48 100644
--- a/lib/unrar2/unix.py
+++ b/lib/unrar2/unix.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class RarFileImplementation(object):
                     data['size'] = int(fields[0])
                     attr = fields[5]
                     data['isdir'] = 'd' in attr.lower()
-                    data['datetime'] = time.strptime(fields[3]+" "+fields[4], '%d-%m-%y %H:%M')
+                    data['datetime'] = self.rarcmd_dt(fields[3], fields[4])
                     data['comment'] = None
                     data['volume'] = None
                     yield data
@@ -169,13 +169,21 @@ class RarFileImplementation(object):
                 data['size'] = int(fields[1])
                 attr = fields[0]
                 data['isdir'] = 'd' in attr.lower()
-                data['datetime'] = time.strptime(fields[2]+" "+fields[3], '%d-%m-%y %H:%M')
+                data['datetime'] = self.rarcmd_dt(fields[2], fields[3])
                 data['comment'] = None
-		data['volume'] = None
+                data['volume'] = None
                 yield data
                 i += 1
                 line = source.next()
             
+    @staticmethod
+    def rarcmd_dt(param_date=time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), param_time=time.strftime('%H:%M')):
+        for str_fmt in '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M', '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M':
+            try:
+                return time.strptime('%s %s' % (param_date, param_time), str_fmt)
+            except ValueError:
+                pass
+        return time.strptime('%s %s' % (time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d'), time.strftime('%H:%M')), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')
 
     def read_files(self, checker):
         res = []