diff --git a/tools/lib/stats/articles.js b/tools/lib/stats/articles.js
index c101618e..5621cb3d 100644
--- a/tools/lib/stats/articles.js
+++ b/tools/lib/stats/articles.js
@@ -1,26 +1,11 @@
 const path = require("path");
-const { DateTime } = require("luxon");
 const { collectMarkdownFiles, collectSectionIndexDirs } = require("../content");
 const { readFrontmatter } = require("../weather/frontmatter");
+const { parseFrontmatterDate } = require("../datetime");
 
 function parseDate(value) {
     if (!value) return null;
-
-    if (value instanceof Date) {
-        return DateTime.fromJSDate(value);
-    }
-
-    if (typeof value === "string") {
-        let parsed = DateTime.fromISO(value);
-
-        if (!parsed.isValid) {
-            parsed = DateTime.fromRFC2822(value);
-        }
-
-        return parsed.isValid ? parsed : null;
-    }
-
-    return null;
+    return parseFrontmatterDate(value);
 }
 
 function countWords(body) {
diff --git a/tools/stats/common.py b/tools/stats/common.py
index 669338c9..ee079112 100644
--- a/tools/stats/common.py
+++ b/tools/stats/common.py
@@ -79,7 +79,15 @@ def parse_date(value):
             dt = None
     elif isinstance(value, str):
         # try ISO-like formats
-        for fmt in ("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z", "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", "%Y-%m-%d", "%Y/%m/%d", "%d/%m/%Y"):
+        for fmt in (
+            "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z",
+            "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",
+            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+            "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M",
+            "%Y-%m-%d",
+            "%Y/%m/%d",
+            "%d/%m/%Y",
+        ):
             try:
                 dt = datetime.strptime(value, fmt)
                 break