1.5.3

dist/liquid.js

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ var filters = {
     },
     'date': function date(v, arg) {
         if (v === 'now') v = new Date();
-        return strftime(v, arg);
+        return v instanceof Date ? strftime(v, arg) : '';
     },
     'default': function _default(v, arg) {
         return v || arg;

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "shopify-liquid",
-  "version": "1.5.2",
+  "version": "1.5.3",
   "description": "A feature-rich Liquid template engine for Node.js and browsers, with compliance with the Ruby version.",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {