diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
index 981e34bc7c..65bb770863 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/common.py
@@ -1072,9 +1072,6 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     def _get_automatic_captions(self, *args, **kwargs):
         raise NotImplementedError("This method must be implemented by subclasses")
 
-    def _subtitles_timecode(self, seconds):
-        return '%02d:%02d:%02d.%03d' % (seconds / 3600, (seconds % 3600) / 60, seconds % 60, (seconds % 1) * 1000)
-
 
 class SearchInfoExtractor(InfoExtractor):
     """
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/kanalplay.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/kanalplay.py
index 2bb0780363..4597d1b961 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/kanalplay.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/kanalplay.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from .common import InfoExtractor
 from ..utils import (
     ExtractorError,
     float_or_none,
+    srt_subtitles_timecode,
 )
 
 
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ class KanalPlayIE(InfoExtractor):
             '%s\r\n%s --> %s\r\n%s'
             % (
                 num,
-                self._subtitles_timecode(item['startMillis'] / 1000.0),
-                self._subtitles_timecode(item['endMillis'] / 1000.0),
+                srt_subtitles_timecode(item['startMillis'] / 1000.0),
+                srt_subtitles_timecode(item['endMillis'] / 1000.0),
                 item['text'],
             ) for num, item in enumerate(subs, 1))
 
diff --git a/youtube_dl/utils.py b/youtube_dl/utils.py
index 5439fcb35d..ed9ed9ed63 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@@ -1835,12 +1835,8 @@ def parse_dfxp_time_expr(time_expr):
         return 3600 * int(mobj.group(1)) + 60 * int(mobj.group(2)) + float(mobj.group(3))
 
 
-def format_srt_time(seconds):
-    (mins, secs) = divmod(seconds, 60)
-    (hours, mins) = divmod(mins, 60)
-    millisecs = (secs - int(secs)) * 1000
-    secs = int(secs)
-    return '%02d:%02d:%02d,%03d' % (hours, mins, secs, millisecs)
+def srt_subtitles_timecode(seconds):
+    return '%02d:%02d:%02d,%03d' % (seconds / 3600, (seconds % 3600) / 60, seconds % 60, (seconds % 1) * 1000)
 
 
 def dfxp2srt(dfxp_data):
@@ -1872,8 +1868,8 @@ def dfxp2srt(dfxp_data):
             end_time = begin_time + parse_dfxp_time_expr(para.attrib['dur'])
         out.append('%d\n%s --> %s\n%s\n\n' % (
             index,
-            format_srt_time(begin_time),
-            format_srt_time(end_time),
+            srt_subtitles_timecode(begin_time),
+            srt_subtitles_timecode(end_time),
             parse_node(para)))
 
     return ''.join(out)