diff --git a/src/renderer/helpers/subscriptions.js b/src/renderer/helpers/subscriptions.js
index 6b40ce19717d0..854e6d2aca69e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/helpers/subscriptions.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/subscriptions.js
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ export async function parseYouTubeRSSFeed(rssString, channelId) {
  */
 async function parseRSSEntry(entry, channelId, channelName) {
   // doesn't need to be asynchronous, but doing it allows us to do the relatively slow DOM querying in parallel
-  const published = new Date(entry.querySelector('published').textContent)
 
   return {
     authorId: channelId,
@@ -114,7 +113,7 @@ async function parseRSSEntry(entry, channelId, channelName) {
     // querySelector doesn't support xml namespaces so we have to use getElementsByTagName here
     videoId: entry.getElementsByTagName('yt:videoId')[0].textContent,
     title: entry.querySelector('title').textContent,
-    published: published.getTime(),
+    published: Date.parse(entry.querySelector('published').textContent),
     viewCount: entry.getElementsByTagName('media:statistics')[0]?.getAttribute('views') || null,
     type: 'video',
     lengthSeconds: '0:00',
diff --git a/src/renderer/helpers/utils.js b/src/renderer/helpers/utils.js
index 212f53fd3f5ed..791772003fb7e 100644
--- a/src/renderer/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/src/renderer/helpers/utils.js
@@ -56,16 +56,16 @@ export function getIconForSortPreference(sortPreference) {
  * @param {Date|undefined} premiereDate
  */
 export function calculatePublishedDate(publishedText, isLive = false, isUpcoming = false, premiereDate = undefined) {
-  const date = new Date()
+  const now = Date.now()
 
   if (isLive) {
-    return date.getTime()
+    return now
   } else if (isUpcoming) {
     if (premiereDate) {
       return premiereDate.getTime()
     } else {
       // should never happen but just to be sure that we always return a number
-      return date.getTime()
+      return now
     }
   }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ export function calculatePublishedDate(publishedText, isLive = false, isUpcoming
     timeSpan = timeAmount * 31556952000
   }
 
-  return date.getTime() - timeSpan
+  return now - timeSpan
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/renderer/views/Watch/Watch.js b/src/renderer/views/Watch/Watch.js
index cf6fe45453b6d..4aa81703c13f8 100644
--- a/src/renderer/views/Watch/Watch.js
+++ b/src/renderer/views/Watch/Watch.js
@@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ export default defineComponent({
 
         if (result.page[0].microformat?.publish_date) {
           // `result.page[0].microformat.publish_date` example value: `2023-08-12T08:59:59-07:00`
-          this.videoPublished = new Date(result.page[0].microformat.publish_date).getTime()
+          this.videoPublished = Date.parse(result.page[0].microformat.publish_date)
         } else {
           // text date Jan 1, 2000, not as accurate but better than nothing
-          this.videoPublished = new Date(result.primary_info.published).getTime()
+          this.videoPublished = Date.parse(result.primary_info.published)
         }
 
         if (result.secondary_info?.description.runs) {