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diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 2e48f187e..20ebea38c 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -809,6 +809,15 @@ def date_from_str(date_str):
         return today + delta
     return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, "%Y%m%d").date()
     
+def hyphenate_date(date_str):
+    """
+    Convert a date in 'YYYYMMDD' format to 'YYYY-MM-DD' format"""
+    match = re.match(r'^(\d\d\d\d)(\d\d)(\d\d)$', date_str)
+    if match is not None:
+        return '-'.join(match.groups())
+    else:
+        return date_str
+
 class DateRange(object):
     """Represents a time interval between two dates"""
     def __init__(self, start=None, end=None):