1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mastodon/Mastodon.py b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
index d0b3606..6a783b4 100644
--- a/mastodon/Mastodon.py
+++ b/mastodon/Mastodon.py
@@ -3647,11 +3647,8 @@ class Mastodon:
                         else:
                             json_object[k] = dateutil.parser.parse(v)
                     except:
-                        if isinstance(v, str) and len(v.strip()) == 0:
-                            # Pleroma bug workaround: Empty string becomes start of epoch
-                            json_object[k] = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(0)
-                        else:
-                            raise MastodonAPIError('Encountered invalid date.')
+                        # When we can't parse a date, we just leave the field out
+                        del json_object[k]
         return json_object
 
     @staticmethod