diff --git a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampStreamExtractor.java b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampStreamExtractor.java
index b6ed0a5da..b33670ecc 100644
--- a/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampStreamExtractor.java
+++ b/extractor/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/extractors/BandcampStreamExtractor.java
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ public class BandcampStreamExtractor extends StreamExtractor {
     @Nullable
     @Override
     public String getTextualUploadDate() {
-        return current.getString("release_date");
+        return current.getString("publish_date").replaceAll(" \\d+:\\d+:\\d+ .+", "");
     }
 
     @Nullable
diff --git a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampStreamExtractorTest.java b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampStreamExtractorTest.java
index c4d268226..c280bcb77 100644
--- a/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampStreamExtractorTest.java
+++ b/extractor/src/test/java/org/schabi/newpipe/extractor/services/bandcamp/BandcampStreamExtractorTest.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public class BandcampStreamExtractorTest {
         assertTrue(url.contains("://f4.bcbits.com/img/") && url.endsWith(".jpg"));
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testUploadDate() {
+        assertEquals("27 Sep 2019", extractor.getTextualUploadDate());
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testNoArtistProfilePicture() throws ExtractionException {
         assertEquals("", Bandcamp.getStreamExtractor("https://powertothequeerkids.bandcamp.com/track/human-nature").getUploaderAvatarUrl());