diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f3c752e66..2d021ddf4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+version <unreleased>
+
+Fixed/improved extractors
+- [cbslocal] Fix timestamp parsing (#10213)
+
+
 version 2016.08.01
 
 Fixed/improved extractors
@@ -7,6 +13,7 @@ Fixed/improved extractors
 - [safari] Relax regular expressions for URL matching (#10202)
 - [cwtv] Add support for cwtvpr.com (#10196)
 
+
 version 2016.07.30
 
 Fixed/improved extractors
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbslocal.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbslocal.py
index 74adb38a6..008c5fe32 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/cbslocal.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/cbslocal.py
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
-import calendar
-import datetime
-
 from .anvato import AnvatoIE
 from .sendtonews import SendtoNewsIE
 from ..compat import compat_urlparse
+from ..utils import unified_timestamp
 
 
 class CBSLocalIE(AnvatoIE):
@@ -71,10 +69,7 @@ class CBSLocalIE(AnvatoIE):
 
         time_str = self._html_search_regex(
             r'class="entry-date">([^<]+)<', webpage, 'released date', fatal=False)
-        timestamp = None
-        if time_str:
-            timestamp = calendar.timegm(datetime.datetime.strptime(
-                time_str, '%b %d, %Y %I:%M %p').timetuple())
+        timestamp = unified_timestamp(time_str)
 
         info_dict.update({
             'display_id': display_id,