diff --git a/frontend/components/MessageItem.test.tsx b/frontend/components/MessageItem.test.tsx
index 7e802b53..96d90b39 100644
--- a/frontend/components/MessageItem.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/MessageItem.test.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ describe("<MessageItem /> spec", () => {
         const view = render(<MessageItem data={{
             messageBody: "Hello",
             messageAttributes: {
-                SentTimestamp: "2021-05-01T00:00:00.000Z",
+                SentTimestamp: "fake",
             }
         }} />);
         expect(view).toMatchSnapshot();
diff --git a/frontend/components/__snapshots__/MessageItem.test.tsx.snap b/frontend/components/__snapshots__/MessageItem.test.tsx.snap
index ebc2b096..17adcf08 100644
--- a/frontend/components/__snapshots__/MessageItem.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/frontend/components/__snapshots__/MessageItem.test.tsx.snap
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Object {
             <span
               class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 MuiCardHeader-subheader css-nrdprl-MuiTypography-root"
             >
-              Sent on: 1.1.1970, 01:00:02, Received at: Invalid Date
+              Sent on: Invalid Date, Received at: Invalid Date
           
           
             </span>
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Object {
           <span
             class="MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 MuiCardHeader-subheader css-nrdprl-MuiTypography-root"
           >
-            Sent on: 1.1.1970, 01:00:02, Received at: Invalid Date
+            Sent on: Invalid Date, Received at: Invalid Date
           
           
           </span>