diff --git a/api/ECNQueue.py b/api/ECNQueue.py
index b1fba76..f5e7c47 100644
--- a/api/ECNQueue.py
+++ b/api/ECNQueue.py
@@ -1123,8 +1123,8 @@ def __getFormattedDate(self, date: str) -> str:
 			str: Properly formatted date/time recieved or empty string.
 		"""
 		try:
-			parsedDate = parse(date, default= datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 13, tzinfo=tz.gettz('EDT')))
-			#parsedDate = parse(date, default= datetime.datetime(2017, 10, 13, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.)
+			# This date is never meant to be used. The default attribute is just to set timezone.
+			parsedDate = parse(date, default=datetime.datetime(1970, 0, 1, tzinfo=tz.gettz('EDT')))
 		except:
 			return ""