diff --git a/packages/graphics-components/.gitignore b/packages/graphics-components/.gitignore
index ba7f352..cd80296 100644
--- a/packages/graphics-components/.gitignore
+++ b/packages/graphics-components/.gitignore
@@ -192,3 +192,4 @@ dist
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/node,macos,linux
 
 *storybook.log
+storybook-static/
diff --git a/packages/graphics-components/src/components/BlogPost/utils.ts b/packages/graphics-components/src/components/BlogPost/utils.ts
index c9bc5d7..7934a0b 100644
--- a/packages/graphics-components/src/components/BlogPost/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/graphics-components/src/components/BlogPost/utils.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * Converts a date string to a short date format.
  * @param d - The date string to be converted.
- * @returns The short date format string.
+ * @returns The short date format string, or empty string if missing or invalid (avoids throwing on `new Date('').toISOString()`).
  */
-export const getShortDate = (d: string) =>
-  new Date(d).toISOString().split('T')[0];
+export const getShortDate = (d: string) => {
+  if (!d || Number.isNaN(Date.parse(d))) return '';
+  return new Date(d).toISOString().split('T')[0];
+};