diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index efc16726d..a9f0731e0 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@
 /compatibility_test export-ignore
 /demo export-ignore
 /tests export-ignore
+/utils/PHPStan export-ignore
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 .editorconfig export-ignore
 .gitignore export-ignore
 ROADMAP.md export-ignore
 phpunit.xml.dist export-ignore
 .php-cs-fixer.dist.php export-ignore
+db.sql export-ignore
+phpstan.dist.neon export-ignore
diff --git a/src/File.php b/src/File.php
index a5396e576..873509d54 100644
--- a/src/File.php
+++ b/src/File.php
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public function __construct(string $url, int $timeout = 10, int $redirects = 5,
                 }
                 if (version_compare(\SimplePie\Misc::get_curl_version(), '7.21.6', '>=')) {
                     curl_setopt($fp, CURLOPT_ACCEPT_ENCODING, '');
-                } elseif (version_compare(\SimplePie\Misc::get_curl_version(), '7.10.5', '>=')) {
+                } else {
                     curl_setopt($fp, CURLOPT_ENCODING, '');
                 }
                 curl_setopt($fp, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
diff --git a/src/Item.php b/src/Item.php
index 978cf518c..d638250cc 100644
--- a/src/Item.php
+++ b/src/Item.php
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ public function get_date(string $date_format = 'j F Y, g:i a')
                     return $this->data['date']['parsed'];
 
                 default:
-                    return date($date_format, $this->data['date']['parsed']);
+                    return $this->data['date']['parsed'] !== null ? date($date_format, $this->data['date']['parsed']) : null;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/Unit/ItemTest.php b/tests/Unit/ItemTest.php
index 44fe873b5..b1ace1190 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/ItemTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/ItemTest.php
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@ public function test_get_content(string $data, string $expected): void
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return array<string, array{string, int|null}>
+     * @return array<string, array{0: string, 1: int|string|null, 2?: string}>
      */
     public static function getDateDataProvider(): array
     {
@@ -1318,13 +1318,56 @@ public static function getDateDataProvider(): array
                 ,
                 1168531200,
             ],
+            'Test RFC 2822 formatted date' => [
+<<<XML
+<rss version="2.0">
+	<channel>
+		<item>
+			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+		</item>
+	</channel>
+</rss>
+XML
+                ,
+                1168531200
+            ],
+            'Test date is properly formatted' => [
+<<<XML
+<rss version="2.0">
+	<channel>
+		<item>
+			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+		</item>
+	</channel>
+</rss>
+XML
+                ,
+                '2007-01-11',
+                'Y-m-d'
+            ],
+            'Invalid format: localized RFC 2822 formatted date' => [
+<<<XML
+<rss version="2.0">
+	<channel>
+		<item>
+			<pubDate>Ost, 11 Urt 2007 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
+		</item>
+	</channel>
+</rss>
+XML
+                ,
+                null,
+                'Y-m-d'
+            ],
         ];
     }
 
     /**
+     * @param int|string|null $expected
+     *
      * @dataProvider getDateDataProvider
      */
-    public function test_get_date(string $data, ?int $expected): void
+    public function test_get_date(string $data, $expected, string $format = 'U'): void
     {
         $feed = new SimplePie();
         $feed->set_raw_data($data);
@@ -1334,7 +1377,7 @@ public function test_get_date(string $data, ?int $expected): void
         $item = $feed->get_item(0);
         self::assertInstanceOf(Item::class, $item);
 
-        self::assertSame($expected, $item->get_date('U'));
+        self::assertSame($expected, $item->get_date($format));
     }
 
     /**