diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
index 56ef37f72d..da239f7880 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/version.rb
@@ -316,6 +316,11 @@ class Version
       spec.stem
     end
 
+    # date-based versioning
+    # e.g. ltopers-v2017-04-14.tar.gz
+    m = /-v?(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})/.match(stem)
+    return m.captures.first unless m.nil?
+
     # GitHub tarballs
     # e.g. https://github.com/foo/bar/tarball/v1.2.3
     # e.g. https://github.com/sam-github/libnet/tarball/libnet-1.1.4
@@ -344,11 +349,6 @@ class Version
     m = /[-v]((?:\d+\.)*\d+)$/.match(spec_s)
     return m.captures.first unless m.nil?
 
-    # date-based versioning
-    # e.g. ltopers-v2017-04-14.tar.gz
-    m = /-v?(\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2})/.match(stem)
-    return m.captures.first unless m.nil?
-
     # e.g. lame-398-1
     m = /-((?:\d)+-\d+)/.match(stem)
     return m.captures.first unless m.nil?