diff --git a/ansible/library/extract_log.py b/ansible/library/extract_log.py
index 1f5fcc8f17e..2594ecd2e76 100644
--- a/ansible/library/extract_log.py
+++ b/ansible/library/extract_log.py
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ def convert_date(fct, s):
 
     locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, loc)
 
+    if dt is None:
+        dt = 0
+        logger.warning(f"Failed to convert date from string, skipping unparseable line: {s}")
     return dt