diff --git a/archivebox/parsers/generic_rss.py b/archivebox/parsers/generic_rss.py
index 4bd04967..005da688 100644
--- a/archivebox/parsers/generic_rss.py
+++ b/archivebox/parsers/generic_rss.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ __package__ = 'archivebox.parsers'
 
 
 from typing import IO, Iterable
-from datetime import datetime
+from time import mktime
+from feedparser import parse as feedparser
 
 from ..index.schema import Link
 from ..util import (
     htmldecode,
-    enforce_types,
-    str_between,
+    enforce_types
 )
 
 @enforce_types
@@ -16,35 +16,27 @@ def parse_generic_rss_export(rss_file: IO[str], **_kwargs) -> Iterable[Link]:
     """Parse RSS XML-format files into links"""
 
     rss_file.seek(0)
-    items = rss_file.read().split('<item>')
-    items = items[1:] if items else []
-    for item in items:
-        # example item:
-        # <item>
-        # <title><![CDATA[How JavaScript works: inside the V8 engine]]></title>
-        # <category>Unread</category>
-        # <link>https://blog.sessionstack.com/how-javascript-works-inside</link>
-        # <guid>https://blog.sessionstack.com/how-javascript-works-inside</guid>
-        # <pubDate>Mon, 21 Aug 2017 14:21:58 -0500</pubDate>
-        # </item>
+    feed = feedparser(rss_file.read())
+    for item in feed.entries:
+        url = item.link
+        title = item.title
+        time = mktime(item.updated_parsed)
 
-        trailing_removed = item.split('</item>', 1)[0]
-        leading_removed = trailing_removed.split('<item>', 1)[-1].strip()
-        rows = leading_removed.split('\n')
+        try:
+            tags = ','.join(map(lambda tag: tag.term, item.tags))
+        except AttributeError:
+            tags = ''
 
-        def get_row(key):
-            return [r for r in rows if r.strip().startswith('<{}>'.format(key))][0]
-
-        url = str_between(get_row('link'), '<link>', '</link>')
-        ts_str = str_between(get_row('pubDate'), '<pubDate>', '</pubDate>')
-        time = datetime.strptime(ts_str, "%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z")
-        title = str_between(get_row('title'), '<![CDATA[', ']]').strip()
+        if url is None:
+            # Yielding a Link with no URL will
+            # crash on a URL validation assertion
+            continue
 
         yield Link(
             url=htmldecode(url),
-            timestamp=str(time.timestamp()),
+            timestamp=str(time),
             title=htmldecode(title) or None,
-            tags=None,
+            tags=tags,
             sources=[rss_file.name],
         )
 
diff --git a/archivebox/parsers/pinboard_rss.py b/archivebox/parsers/pinboard_rss.py
index d12b219c..8c4dbb16 100644
--- a/archivebox/parsers/pinboard_rss.py
+++ b/archivebox/parsers/pinboard_rss.py
@@ -2,50 +2,41 @@ __package__ = 'archivebox.parsers'
 
 
 from typing import IO, Iterable
-from datetime import datetime, timezone
-
-from xml.etree import ElementTree
+from time import mktime
+from feedparser import parse as feedparser
 
 from ..index.schema import Link
 from ..util import (
     htmldecode,
-    enforce_types,
+    enforce_types
 )
 
-
 @enforce_types
 def parse_pinboard_rss_export(rss_file: IO[str], **_kwargs) -> Iterable[Link]:
     """Parse Pinboard RSS feed files into links"""
 
     rss_file.seek(0)
-    root = ElementTree.parse(rss_file).getroot()
-    items = root.findall("{http://purl.org/rss/1.0/}item")
-    for item in items:
-        find = lambda p: item.find(p).text.strip() if item.find(p) is not None else None    # type: ignore
+    feed = feedparser(rss_file.read())
+    for item in feed.entries:
+        url = item.link
+        # title will start with "[priv] " if pin was marked private. useful?
+        title = item.title
+        time = mktime(item.updated_parsed)
 
-        url = find("{http://purl.org/rss/1.0/}link")
-        tags = find("{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}subject")
-        title = find("{http://purl.org/rss/1.0/}title")
-        ts_str = find("{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}date")
+        # all tags are in one entry.tags with spaces in it. annoying!
+        try:
+            tags = item.tags[0].term.replace(' ', ',')
+        except AttributeError:
+            tags = ''
         
         if url is None:
             # Yielding a Link with no URL will
             # crash on a URL validation assertion
             continue
 
-        # Pinboard includes a colon in its date stamp timezone offsets, which
-        # Python can't parse. Remove it:
-        if ts_str and ts_str[-3:-2] == ":":
-            ts_str = ts_str[:-3]+ts_str[-2:]
-
-        if ts_str:
-            time = datetime.strptime(ts_str, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z")
-        else:
-            time = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
-
         yield Link(
             url=htmldecode(url),
-            timestamp=str(time.timestamp()),
+            timestamp=str(time),
             title=htmldecode(title) or None,
             tags=htmldecode(tags) or None,
             sources=[rss_file.name],
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0907858b..cb18a911 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "dateparser>=1.0.0",
     "django-extensions>=3.0.3",
     "django>=3.1.3,<3.2",
+    "feedparser>=6.0.11",
     "ipython>5.0.0",
     "mypy-extensions>=0.4.3",
     "python-crontab>=2.5.1",