diff --git a/src/all/webtoons/build.gradle b/src/all/webtoons/build.gradle
index 407578edb..312e3a36e 100644
--- a/src/all/webtoons/build.gradle
+++ b/src/all/webtoons/build.gradle
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ext {
     extName = 'Webtoons'
     pkgNameSuffix = 'all.webtoons'
     extClass = '.WebtoonsFactory'
-    extVersionCode = 18
+    extVersionCode = 19
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
diff --git a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/DongmanManhua.kt b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/DongmanManhua.kt
index 7bed512f8..0235c4eaf 100644
--- a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/DongmanManhua.kt
+++ b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/DongmanManhua.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import okhttp3.Response
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Document
 import org.jsoup.nodes.Element
 
-class DongmanManhua : WebtoonsDefault("zh", "") {
+class DongmanManhua : WebtoonsDefault("zh", "", dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-M-d", Locale.ENGLISH)) {
     override val baseUrl = "https://www.dongmanmanhua.cn"
 
     override val name = "Dongman Manhua"
@@ -57,9 +57,5 @@ class DongmanManhua : WebtoonsDefault("zh", "") {
         }
     }
 
-    override fun chapterParseDate(date: String): Long {
-        return SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-M-d", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(date).time
-    }
-
     override fun getFilterList(): FilterList = FilterList()
 }
diff --git a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/Webtoons.kt b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/Webtoons.kt
index 1ad121a48..d4ccfed73 100644
--- a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/Webtoons.kt
+++ b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/Webtoons.kt
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ abstract class Webtoons(
 
     override fun popularMangaSelector() = "not using"
 
-    override fun latestUpdatesSelector() = "div#dailyList > $day li > a:has(span:contains(UP))"
+    override fun latestUpdatesSelector() = "div#dailyList > $day li > a"
 
     override fun headersBuilder(): Headers.Builder = super.headersBuilder()
             .add("Referer", "https://www.webtoons.com/$langCode/")
diff --git a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsDefault.kt b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsDefault.kt
index 0f7b29541..b36f991ab 100644
--- a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsDefault.kt
+++ b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsDefault.kt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ import org.jsoup.nodes.Element
 open class WebtoonsDefault(
     override val lang: String,
     override val langCode: String = lang,
-    override val localeForCookie: String = lang
+    override val localeForCookie: String = lang,
+    private val dateFormat: SimpleDateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH)
 ) : Webtoons(lang, langCode, lang) {
 
     override fun chapterListSelector() = "ul#_episodeList > li[id*=episode]"
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ open class WebtoonsDefault(
     }
 
     open fun chapterParseDate(date: String): Long {
-        return SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy", Locale.ENGLISH).parse(date).time
+        return dateFormat.parse(date)?.time ?: 0
     }
 
     override fun chapterListRequest(manga: SManga) = GET("https://m.webtoons.com" + manga.url, mobileHeaders)
diff --git a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsFactory.kt b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsFactory.kt
index c97f6615e..8cf4769bb 100644
--- a/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsFactory.kt
+++ b/src/all/webtoons/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/all/webtoons/WebtoonsFactory.kt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class WebtoonsFactory : SourceFactory {
         WebtoonsChineseTraditional(),
         WebtoonsIndonesian(),
         WebtoonsThai(),
+        WebtoonsFr(),
         DongmanManhua(),
 
         // Fan translations
@@ -67,14 +68,8 @@ class WebtoonsIndonesian : WebtoonsDefault("in", "id") {
     }
 }
 
-class WebtoonsThai : WebtoonsDefault("th") {
-    override fun chapterParseDate(date: String): Long {
-        return SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", Locale("th")).parse(date).time
-    }
-}
+class WebtoonsThai : WebtoonsDefault("th", dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", Locale("th")))
 
-class WebtoonsChineseTraditional : WebtoonsDefault("zh", "zh-hant", "zh_TW") {
-    override fun chapterParseDate(date: String): Long {
-        return SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd", Locale.TRADITIONAL_CHINESE).parse(date).time
-    }
-}
+class WebtoonsChineseTraditional : WebtoonsDefault("zh", "zh-hant", "zh_TW", SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd", Locale.TRADITIONAL_CHINESE))
+
+class WebtoonsFr : WebtoonsDefault("fr", dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", Locale.FRENCH))