diff --git a/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs b/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
index fe7dfff66..0daba0b21 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Indexers/CardigannIndexer.cs
@@ -735,9 +735,9 @@ namespace Jackett.Indexers
                             var Date = DateTimeUtil.ParseDateTimeGoLang(Data, layout);
                             Data = Date.ToString(DateTimeUtil.RFC1123ZPattern);
                         }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
+                        catch (FormatException ex)
                         {
-                            logger.Debug(ex.ToString());
+                            logger.Debug(ex.Message);
                         }
                     break;
                     case "regexp":
diff --git a/src/Jackett/Utils/DateTimeUtil.cs b/src/Jackett/Utils/DateTimeUtil.cs
index af2324f9a..ca8acde7d 100644
--- a/src/Jackett/Utils/DateTimeUtil.cs
+++ b/src/Jackett/Utils/DateTimeUtil.cs
@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ namespace Jackett.Utils
             {
                 return DateTime.ParseExact(date, pattern, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
             }
-            catch (Exception ex)
+            catch (FormatException ex)
             {
-                throw new Exception(string.Format("Error while parsing DateTime \"{0}\", using layout \"{1}\" ({2}): {3}", date, layout, pattern, ex.ToString()));
+                throw new FormatException(string.Format("Error while parsing DateTime \"{0}\", using layout \"{1}\" ({2}): {3}", date, layout, pattern, ex.Message));
             }
         }
     }