diff --git a/src/helpers/parseTaskText.test.js b/src/helpers/parseTaskText.test.js
index c792853c9..7a98378d3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/parseTaskText.test.js
+++ b/src/helpers/parseTaskText.test.js
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ describe('Parse Task Text', () => {
 	})
 
 	describe('Date Parsing', () => {
+		it('should not return any date if none was provided', () => {
+			const result = parseTaskText('Lorem Ipsum')
+
+			expect(result.text).toBe('Lorem Ipsum')
+			expect(result.date).toBeNull()
+		})
 		it('should ignore casing', () => {
 			const result = parseTaskText('Lorem Ipsum ToDay')
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/time/parseDate.js b/src/helpers/time/parseDate.js
index 7e5b5732f..77e7fb9ed 100644
--- a/src/helpers/time/parseDate.js
+++ b/src/helpers/time/parseDate.js
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@ export const getDateFromText = (text, now = new Date()) => {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (result === null) {
+		return {
+			foundText,
+			date: null,
+		}
+	}
+
 	const date = new Date(result)
 	if (isNaN(date)) {
 		return {