diff --git a/src/all/webtoons/build.gradle b/src/all/webtoons/build.gradle
index afb79b679..3665aa4db 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 = 24
+    extVersionCode = 25
     libVersion = '1.2'
 }
 
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 45d129ae7..6c8a8abf0 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
@@ -77,4 +77,17 @@ class WebtoonsChineseTraditional : WebtoonsDefault("zh", "zh-hant", "zh_TW", Sim
 
 class WebtoonsFr : WebtoonsDefault("fr", dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", Locale.FRENCH))
 
-class WebtoonsEs : WebtoonsDefault("es", dateFormat = SimpleDateFormat("d-MMM-yyyy", Locale("es")))
+class WebtoonsEs : WebtoonsDefault("es") {
+    // Android seems to be unable to parse es dates like Indonesian; we'll use a short hard-coded table
+    // instead.
+    private val dateMap: Array<String> = arrayOf(
+        "Ene", "Feb", "Mar", "Abr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Ago", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dic"
+    )
+
+    override fun chapterParseDate(date: String): Long {
+        val expr = Regex("""(\d+)-([a-z]{3})-(\d{4})""").find(date) ?: return 0
+        val (_, day, monthString, year) = expr.groupValues
+        val monthIndex = dateMap.indexOf(monthString)
+        return GregorianCalendar(year.toInt(), monthIndex, day.toInt()).time.time
+    }
+}