diff --git a/C4/NewsChannels.pm b/C4/NewsChannels.pm
index 4dfde13175..0789cee293 100644
--- a/C4/NewsChannels.pm
+++ b/C4/NewsChannels.pm
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ sub get_opac_new {
     $sth->execute($idnew);
     my $data = $sth->fetchrow_hashref;
     $data->{$data->{'lang'}} = 1 if defined $data->{lang};
-    $data->{expirationdate} = output_pref({ dt => dt_from_string( $data->{expirationdate} ), dateonly => 1 });
+    $data->{expirationdate} = output_pref({ dt => dt_from_string( $data->{expirationdate} ), dateonly => 1 }) if ( $data->{expirationdate} );
     $data->{timestamp}      = output_pref({ dt => dt_from_string( $data->{timestamp} ), dateonly => 1 }) ;
     return $data;
 }
diff --git a/tools/koha-news.pl b/tools/koha-news.pl
index d5f2c5b50c..7074f9d624 100755
--- a/tools/koha-news.pl
+++ b/tools/koha-news.pl
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ my $cgi = new CGI;
 my $id             = $cgi->param('id');
 my $title          = $cgi->param('title');
 my $new            = $cgi->param('new');
-my $expirationdate = output_pref({ dt => dt_from_string( scalar $cgi->param('expirationdate') ), dateformat => 'iso', dateonly => 1 });
+my $expirationdate;
+if ( scalar $cgi->param('expirationdate') ) {
+    $expirationdate = output_pref({ dt => dt_from_string( scalar $cgi->param('expirationdate') ), dateformat => 'iso', dateonly => 1 });
+}
 my $timestamp      = output_pref({ dt => dt_from_string( scalar $cgi->param('timestamp') ), dateformat => 'iso', dateonly => 1 });
 my $number         = $cgi->param('number');
 my $lang           = $cgi->param('lang');