diff --git a/archivebox/index/schema.py b/archivebox/index/schema.py
index eb6ef894..4ea60204 100644
--- a/archivebox/index/schema.py
+++ b/archivebox/index/schema.py
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ class Link:
             for key, val in json_info.items()
             if key in cls.field_names()
         }
-        try:
-            info['updated'] = int(parse_date(info.get('updated'))) # Cast to int which comes with rounding down
-        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            info['updated'] = None
+        # try:
+        info['updated'] = parse_date(info.get('updated')) # Cast to int which comes with rounding down
+        # except (ValueError, TypeError):
+        #     info['updated'] = None
         info['sources'] = info.get('sources') or []
 
         json_history = info.get('history') or {}
diff --git a/archivebox/util.py b/archivebox/util.py
index 0e7ebd31..76dc24e2 100644
--- a/archivebox/util.py
+++ b/archivebox/util.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from hashlib import sha256
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, quote, unquote
 from html import escape, unescape
 from datetime import datetime
-from dateutil import parser as dateparser
+from dateparser import parse as dateparser
 
 import requests
 from base32_crockford import encode as base32_encode                            # type: ignore
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def parse_date(date: Any) -> Optional[datetime]:
         date = str(date)
 
     if isinstance(date, str):
-        return dateparser.parse(date)
+        return dateparser(date)
 
     raise ValueError('Tried to parse invalid date! {}'.format(date))
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 66112bfd..2e333bf4 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
         "django==3.0.7",
         "django-extensions==2.2.9",
 
+        "dateparser",
         "ipython",
         "youtube-dl",
         "python-crontab==2.5.1",