diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 77247c5a22..9755756261 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 # v1.7.45
 ## mm/dd/2024
 
+1. [](#news)
+   * Added new Image trait for `decoding` attribute [#3796](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/pull/3796)
 1. [](#bugfix)
    * Fixed some multibyte issues in Inflector class [#732](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/issues/732)
+   * Fallback to paeg modified date if Page date provided is invalid and can't be parsed [getgrav/grav-plugin-admin#2394](https://github.com/getgrav/grav-plugin-admin/issues/2394)
 
 # v1.7.44
 ## 01/05/2024
diff --git a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
index a0fb949f85..bc56f81a94 100644
--- a/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
+++ b/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php
@@ -1330,7 +1330,11 @@ public static function date2timestamp($date, $format = null)
         if ($dateformat) {
             $datetime = DateTime::createFromFormat($dateformat, $date);
         } else {
-            $datetime = new DateTime($date);
+            try {
+                $datetime = new DateTime($date);
+            } catch (Exception $e) {
+                $datetime = false;
+            }
         }
 
         // fallback to strtotime() if DateTime approach failed