diff --git a/mwclient/client.py b/mwclient/client.py
index fa42977f136a3d0dc4af3e8be79a044f9c261709..2cfec362f607368f9c2676be9ff85586481c9708 100644
--- a/mwclient/client.py
+++ b/mwclient/client.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 def parse_timestamp(t):
 	if t == '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z':
-		return (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
-	return time.strptime(t, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')
+		return (0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
+	return time.strptime(t, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ')[:6]
 	
 class WaitToken(object):
 	def __init__(self):