From 0d07dec19c1af5d96c482af73ba16996b0fd5c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Mike=20F=C3=A4hrmann?= <mike_faehrmann@web.de>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 16:43:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] [instagram:stories] fix 'post_date' metadata (#7521)

---
 gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py
index 0da44f92..624bba2d 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/instagram.py
@@ -165,13 +165,16 @@ class InstagramExtractor(Extractor):
         if "items" in post:  # story or highlight
             items = post["items"]
             reel_id = str(post["id"]).rpartition(":")[2]
+            expires = post.get("expiring_at")
             data = {
-                "expires": text.parse_timestamp(post.get("expiring_at")),
+                "expires": text.parse_timestamp(expires),
                 "post_id": reel_id,
                 "post_shortcode": shortcode_from_id(reel_id),
             }
             if "title" in post:
                 data["highlight_title"] = post["title"]
+            if expires and not post.get("seen"):
+                post["seen"] = expires - 86400
 
         else:  # regular image/video post
             data = {