diff --git a/lib/model/video/metadata.dart b/lib/model/video/metadata.dart
index c050e6155..c6853c6ee 100644
--- a/lib/model/video/metadata.dart
+++ b/lib/model/video/metadata.dart
@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ class VideoMetadataFormatter {
       }
     }
 
-    if (dateMillis != null) {
+    // exclude date if it is suspiciously close to epoch
+    if (dateMillis != null && !DateTime.fromMillisecondsSinceEpoch(dateMillis).isAtSameDayAs(epoch)) {
       return (entry.catalogMetadata ?? CatalogMetadata(id: entry.id)).copyWith(
         dateMillis: dateMillis,
       );