diff --git a/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Date.php b/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Date.php
index 709507be93..6a7f85df77 100644
--- a/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Date.php
+++ b/api/src/Etemplate/Widget/Date.php
@@ -133,8 +133,11 @@ class Date extends Transformer
 			}
 			catch (\Exception $e) {
 				// do NOT stall for somehow invalid values: log it and return empty
-				$e->details = $this->id.': '.json_encode($value);
-				_egw_log_exception($e);
+				if($value)
+				{
+					//error_log(__METHOD__."()".$this->id . ': ' . json_encode($value));
+					_egw_log_exception($e);
+				}
 				return null;
 			}
 		}
@@ -295,4 +298,4 @@ class Date extends Transformer
 
 \EGroupware\Api\Etemplate\Widget::registerWidget(__NAMESPACE__ . '\\Date',
 												 array('et2-date', 'et2-date-time', 'time_or_date')
-);
\ No newline at end of file
+);