diff --git a/plexapi/utils.py b/plexapi/utils.py
index 531e406a..4f8ef01c 100644
--- a/plexapi/utils.py
+++ b/plexapi/utils.py
@@ -176,7 +176,11 @@ def toDatetime(value, format=None):
     """
     if value and value is not None:
         if format:
-            value = datetime.strptime(value, format)
+            try:
+                value = datetime.strptime(value, format)
+            except ValueError:
+                # parsing failed
+                return None
         else:
             # https://bugs.python.org/issue30684
             # And platform support for before epoch seems to be flaky.