diff --git a/html/modules/custom/reliefweb_entities/src/DocumentTrait.php b/html/modules/custom/reliefweb_entities/src/DocumentTrait.php
index 20d5f4944..d3f366cf3 100644
--- a/html/modules/custom/reliefweb_entities/src/DocumentTrait.php
+++ b/html/modules/custom/reliefweb_entities/src/DocumentTrait.php
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public function getReferencedEntityIds($field) {
    * @see Drupal\reliefweb_entities\DocumentInterface::createDate()
    */
   public function createDate($date) {
-    if (is_scalar($date) && $date !== '') {
+    if (is_scalar($date) && $date === '') {
       return NULL;
     }
     $date = is_numeric($date) ? '@' . $date : $date;