diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog b/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog
index b8fc22ad..e95f31f1 100644
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeeventlog
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ exitcode = 0
 
 def format_event(evt):
     retparts = []
-    if 'timestamp' in evt:
+    if 'timestamp' in evt and evt['timestamp'] is not None:
         display = dt.strptime(evt['timestamp'], '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
         retparts.append(display.strftime('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S'))
     dscparts = []