diff --git a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs
index cd79aa7e38..8dc7fedf7f 100644
--- a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs
+++ b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/flow.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ pub enum IbdType {
     DownloadHeadersProof,
 }
 
+struct QueueChunkOutput {
+    jobs: Vec<BlockValidationFuture>,
+    daa_score: u64,
+    timestamp: u64,
+}
 // TODO: define a peer banning strategy
 
 impl IbdFlow {
@@ -520,11 +525,12 @@ staging selected tip ({}) is too small or negative. Aborting IBD...",
         let mut progress_reporter = ProgressReporter::new(low_header.daa_score, high_header.daa_score, "blocks");
 
         let mut iter = hashes.chunks(IBD_BATCH_SIZE);
-        let (mut prev_jobs, mut prev_daa_score, mut prev_timestamp) =
+        let QueueChunkOutput { jobs: mut prev_jobs, daa_score: mut prev_daa_score, timestamp: mut prev_timestamp } =
             self.queue_block_processing_chunk(consensus, iter.next().expect("hashes was non empty")).await?;
 
         for chunk in iter {
-            let (current_jobs, current_daa_score, current_timestamp) = self.queue_block_processing_chunk(consensus, chunk).await?;
+            let QueueChunkOutput { jobs: current_jobs, daa_score: current_daa_score, timestamp: current_timestamp } =
+                self.queue_block_processing_chunk(consensus, chunk).await?;
             let prev_chunk_len = prev_jobs.len();
             // Join the previous chunk so that we always concurrently process a chunk and receive another
             try_join_all(prev_jobs).await?;
@@ -546,7 +552,7 @@ staging selected tip ({}) is too small or negative. Aborting IBD...",
         &mut self,
         consensus: &ConsensusProxy,
         chunk: &[Hash],
-    ) -> Result<(Vec<BlockValidationFuture>, u64, u64), ProtocolError> {
+    ) -> Result<QueueChunkOutput, ProtocolError> {
         let mut jobs = Vec::with_capacity(chunk.len());
         let mut current_daa_score = 0;
         let mut current_timestamp = 0;
@@ -570,6 +576,6 @@ staging selected tip ({}) is too small or negative. Aborting IBD...",
             jobs.push(consensus.validate_and_insert_block(block).virtual_state_task);
         }
 
-        Ok((jobs, current_daa_score, current_timestamp))
+        Ok(QueueChunkOutput { jobs, daa_score: current_daa_score, timestamp: current_timestamp })
     }
 }
diff --git a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs
index cfa7df8ca4..6d1a56ef9c 100644
--- a/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs
+++ b/protocol/flows/src/v5/ibd/progress.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
-use chrono::DateTime;
+use chrono::{Local, LocalResult, TimeZone};
 use kaspa_core::info;
 
 /// Minimum number of items to report
@@ -49,15 +49,11 @@ impl ProgressReporter {
         let relative_daa_score = if current_daa_score > self.low_daa_score { current_daa_score - self.low_daa_score } else { 0 };
         let percent = ((relative_daa_score as f64 / (self.high_daa_score - self.low_daa_score) as f64) * 100.0) as i32;
         if percent > self.last_reported_percent {
-            info!(
-                "IBD: Processed {} {} ({}%) last block timestamp: {}",
-                self.processed,
-                self.object_name,
-                percent,
-                DateTime::from_timestamp(current_timestamp as i64 / 1000, 1000 * (current_timestamp as u32 % 1000))
-                    .expect("consensus validated the timestamp is within a valid range")
-                    .format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f:%z"),
-            );
+            let date = match Local.timestamp_opt(current_timestamp as i64 / 1000, 1000 * (current_timestamp as u32 % 1000)) {
+                LocalResult::None | LocalResult::Ambiguous(_, _) => "couldn't parse date".into(),
+                LocalResult::Single(date) => date.format("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%3f:%z").to_string(),
+            };
+            info!("IBD: Processed {} {} ({}%) last block timestamp: {}", self.processed, self.object_name, percent, date);
             self.last_reported_percent = percent;
         }
         self.last_log_time = now;