diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Wombles/WomblesParser.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Wombles/WomblesParser.cs
index 2b67dfe97..2372cac5c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Wombles/WomblesParser.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/Wombles/WomblesParser.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Xml.Linq;
+using System;
+using System.Xml.Linq;
 
 namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Wombles
 {
@@ -13,5 +14,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers.Wombles
         {
             return 0;
         }
+
+        protected override DateTime GetPublishDate(XElement item)
+        {
+            var dateString = item.TryGetValue("pubDate") + " +0000";
+
+            return XElementExtensions.ParseDate(dateString);
+        }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/XElementExtensions.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/XElementExtensions.cs
index ba9a072af..e423a25f5 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/XElementExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Indexers/XElementExtensions.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Indexers
 
         public static DateTime PublishDate(this XElement item)
         {
-            string dateString = item.TryGetValue("pubDate");
+            var dateString = item.TryGetValue("pubDate");
 
             return ParseDate(dateString);
         }