diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior.java
index 05cdf643..64104583 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior.java
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ public class DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior implements FieldDisplayBehavior<DateTi
       {
          try
          {
-            Instant       instant       = record.getValueInstant(field.getName());
+            Instant instant = record.getValueInstant(field.getName());
+
+            if(instant == null)
+            {
+               continue;
+            }
+
             ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime = instant.atZone(ZoneId.of(defaultZoneId));
             record.setDisplayValue(field.getName(), QValueFormatter.formatDateTimeWithZone(zonedDateTime));
          }
@@ -115,8 +121,13 @@ public class DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior implements FieldDisplayBehavior<DateTi
       {
          try
          {
-            Instant instant    = record.getValueInstant(field.getName());
-            String  zoneString = record.getValueString(zoneIdFromFieldName);
+            Instant instant = record.getValueInstant(field.getName());
+            if(instant == null)
+            {
+               continue;
+            }
+
+            String zoneString = record.getValueString(zoneIdFromFieldName);
 
             ZoneId zoneId = null;
             if(StringUtils.hasContent(zoneString))
@@ -131,7 +142,7 @@ public class DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior implements FieldDisplayBehavior<DateTi
                   // we probably(?) don't need a stack trace here (and it could get noisy?), so just info w/ the exception message... //
                   // and we expect this might be somewhat frequent, if you might have invalid values in your zoneId field...          //
                   //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-                  LOG.info("Exception applying zoneIdFromFieldName behavior", logPair("message", e.getMessage()),  logPair("table", table.getName()), logPair("field", field.getName()), logPair("id", record.getValue(table.getPrimaryKeyField())));
+                  LOG.info("Exception applying zoneIdFromFieldName behavior", logPair("message", e.getMessage()), logPair("table", table.getName()), logPair("field", field.getName()), logPair("id", record.getValue(table.getPrimaryKeyField())));
                }
             }
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest.java
index 495fbc97..a7afdb22 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/model/metadata/fields/DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest.java
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ class DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest extends BaseTest
    }
 
 
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -124,6 +125,25 @@ class DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest extends BaseTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   void testNullValue()
+   {
+      QInstance      qInstance = QContext.getQInstance();
+      QTableMetaData table     = qInstance.getTable(TestUtils.TABLE_NAME_PERSON_MEMORY);
+
+      table.withField(new QFieldMetaData("timeZone", QFieldType.STRING));
+      table.getField("createDate").withBehavior(new DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior().withZoneIdFromFieldName("timeZone"));
+
+      QRecord record = new QRecord().withValue("createDate", null).withValue("timeZone", "UTC");
+      ValueBehaviorApplier.applyFieldBehaviors(ValueBehaviorApplier.Action.FORMATTING, qInstance, table, List.of(record), null);
+      assertNull(record.getDisplayValue("createDate"));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -131,8 +151,8 @@ class DateTimeDisplayValueBehaviorTest extends BaseTest
    void testValidation()
    {
       QInstance      qInstance = QContext.getQInstance();
-      QTableMetaData table = qInstance.getTable(TestUtils.TABLE_NAME_PERSON_MEMORY);
-      QFieldMetaData field = table.getField("createDate");
+      QTableMetaData table     = qInstance.getTable(TestUtils.TABLE_NAME_PERSON_MEMORY);
+      QFieldMetaData field     = table.getField("createDate");
       table.withField(new QFieldMetaData("timeZone", QFieldType.STRING));
 
       Function<Consumer<DateTimeDisplayValueBehavior>, List<String>> testOne = setup ->