diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index e722eed58..363aaaf1c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -2074,7 +2074,7 @@ def timeconvert(timestr):
     timetuple = email.utils.parsedate_tz(timestr)
     if timetuple is not None:
         timestamp = email.utils.mktime_tz(timetuple)
-    return timestamp
+    return int(timestamp) if timestamp is not None else timestamp
 
 
 def sanitize_filename(s, restricted=False, is_id=False):