diff --git a/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx b/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx
index e7e244ac13..6204b75807 100644
--- a/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/src/common/data-table/index.tsx
@@ -219,8 +219,11 @@ const getRowCell = (
   const {type} = colMeta[column];
 
   let value = dataContainer.valueAt(rowIdx, columns.indexOf(column));
-  if (value === undefined) value = 'Err';
-  return formatter ? formatter(value) : parseFieldValue(value, type);
+  return value === null || value === undefined || value === ''
+    ? ''
+    : formatter
+    ? formatter(value)
+    : parseFieldValue(value, type);
 };
 
 type StatsControlProps = {
diff --git a/src/utils/src/data-utils.ts b/src/utils/src/data-utils.ts
index e90bbb71af..786385805b 100644
--- a/src/utils/src/data-utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/src/data-utils.ts
@@ -454,5 +454,6 @@ export function datetimeFormatter(
           .utc(ts)
           .tz(timezone)
           .format(format)
-    : format => ts => moment.utc(ts).format(format);
+    : // return empty string instead of 'Invalid date' if ts is undefined/null
+      format => ts => (ts ? moment.utc(ts).format(format) : '');
 }
diff --git a/test/node/utils/data-utils-test.js b/test/node/utils/data-utils-test.js
index ffaca5d39c..10dddbe67a 100644
--- a/test/node/utils/data-utils-test.js
+++ b/test/node/utils/data-utils-test.js
@@ -192,6 +192,30 @@ test('dataUtils -> getFormatter', t => {
     {
       input: ['yn'],
       assert: [true, 'yes']
+    },
+    {
+      input: ['L LT'],
+      assert: ['2011-04-10 00:00', '04/10/2011 12:00 AM']
+    },
+    {
+      input: ['L LT'],
+      assert: [null, '']
+    },
+    {
+      input: ['L LT'],
+      assert: [undefined, '']
+    },
+    {
+      input: ['L LT'],
+      assert: ['', '']
+    },
+    {
+      input: ['L'],
+      assert: ['2011-04-10', '04/10/2011']
+    },
+    {
+      input: ['L'],
+      assert: [null, '']
     }
   ];