diff --git a/src/all/myreadingmanga/build.gradle b/src/all/myreadingmanga/build.gradle
index f2113a819..868919eaa 100644
--- a/src/all/myreadingmanga/build.gradle
+++ b/src/all/myreadingmanga/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ext {
     appName = 'Tachiyomi: MyReadingManga'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'all.myreadingmanga'
     extClass = '.MyReadingMangaFactory'
-    extVersionCode = 23
+    extVersionCode = 24
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/all/myreadingmanga/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/myreadingmanga/MyReadingManga.kt b/src/all/myreadingmanga/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/myreadingmanga/MyReadingManga.kt
index 449b0f4c3..1a34d3fa1 100644
--- a/src/all/myreadingmanga/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/myreadingmanga/MyReadingManga.kt
+++ b/src/all/myreadingmanga/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/myreadingmanga/MyReadingManga.kt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element
 import java.net.URLEncoder
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+import java.util.Locale
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 
 open class MyReadingManga(override val lang: String) : ParsedHttpSource() {
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ open class MyReadingManga(override val lang: String) : ParsedHttpSource() {
     }
 
     private fun parseDate(date: String): Long {
-        return SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy").parse(date).time
+        return SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy", Locale.US ).parse(date).time
     }
 
     private fun createChapter(pageNumber: String, mangaUrl: String, date: Long, chname: String): SChapter {