diff --git a/src/Extractor/ContentExtractor.php b/src/Extractor/ContentExtractor.php
index 071b2b5b..208f6b70 100644
--- a/src/Extractor/ContentExtractor.php
+++ b/src/Extractor/ContentExtractor.php
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ public function getNextPageUrl()
      */
     public function validateDate($date)
     {
-        $parseDate = date_parse($date);
+        $parseDate = (array) date_parse($date);
 
         // If no year has been found during date_parse, we nuke the whole value
         // because the date is invalid