diff --git a/test/test_utils.py b/test/test_utils.py
index 399cdfdbd..206760d99 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_utils.py
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ class TestUtil(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('8/7/2009'), '20090708')
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('Dec 14, 2012'), '20121214')
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('2012/10/11 01:56:38 +0000'), '20121011')
+        self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('1968 12 10'), '19681210')
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('1968-12-10'), '19681210')
         self.assertEqual(unified_strdate('28/01/2014 21:00:00 +0100'), '20140128')
         self.assertEqual(
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 98732e8e9..38c18c127 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ def unified_strdate(date_str, day_first=True):
         '%b %dst %Y %I:%M%p',
         '%b %dnd %Y %I:%M%p',
         '%b %dth %Y %I:%M%p',
+        '%Y %m %d',
         '%Y-%m-%d',
         '%Y/%m/%d',
         '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S',