diff --git a/resources/desktop/com.github.rssguard.appdata.xml b/resources/desktop/com.github.rssguard.appdata.xml
index ac91dc85d..c55146eea 100644
--- a/resources/desktop/com.github.rssguard.appdata.xml
+++ b/resources/desktop/com.github.rssguard.appdata.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
   <url type="donation">https://github.com/sponsors/martinrotter</url>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.1" />
   <releases>
-    <release version="4.2.4" date="2022-09-16"/>
+    <release version="4.2.4" date="2022-09-19"/>
   </releases>
   <content_rating type="oars-1.0">
     <content_attribute id="violence-cartoon">none</content_attribute>
diff --git a/src/librssguard/core/message.cpp b/src/librssguard/core/message.cpp
index f60db162e..750639c1d 100644
--- a/src/librssguard/core/message.cpp
+++ b/src/librssguard/core/message.cpp
@@ -98,10 +98,9 @@ void Message::sanitize(const Feed* feed, bool fix_future_datetimes) {
 
   // Fix datetimes in future.
   if ((fix_future_datetimes && m_createdFromFeed && m_created.toUTC() > QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc()) ||
-      (m_createdFromFeed && !m_created.isValid())) {
+      (m_createdFromFeed && (!m_created.isValid() || m_created.toSecsSinceEpoch() < 0))) {
     qWarningNN << LOGSEC_CORE << "Fixing date of article" << QUOTE_W_SPACE(m_title) << "from invalid date/time"
                << QUOTE_W_SPACE_DOT(m_created);
-
     m_createdFromFeed = false;
     m_created = QDateTime::currentDateTimeUtc();
   }