diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
index 33073a5129..888a91cced 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/__init__.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ from .youtube import (
     YoutubeIE,
     YoutubePlaylistIE,
     YoutubeSearchIE,
+    YoutubeSearchDateIE,
     YoutubeUserIE,
     YoutubeChannelIE,
     YoutubeShowIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
index 6ddd6ef067..14e8f59e6a 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -1732,6 +1732,9 @@ class YoutubeSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
         videos = [self.url_result('http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=%s' % id, 'Youtube') for id in video_ids]
         return self.playlist_result(videos, query)
 
+class YoutubeSearchDateIE(YoutubeSearchIE):
+    _API_URL = 'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos?q=%s&start-index=%i&max-results=50&v=2&alt=jsonc&orderby=published'
+    _SEARCH_KEY = 'ytsearchdate'
 
 class YoutubeShowIE(InfoExtractor):
     IE_DESC = u'YouTube.com (multi-season) shows'