diff --git a/src/components/views/messages/DateSeparator.tsx b/src/components/views/messages/DateSeparator.tsx
index e6c7af43ab..272afc1823 100644
--- a/src/components/views/messages/DateSeparator.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/messages/DateSeparator.tsx
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export default class DateSeparator extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
             } else {
                 return formatFullDateNoTime(date);
             }
-        } catch (e) {
+        } catch (_) {
             return _t("common|message_timestamp_invalid");
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/DateSeparator-test.tsx b/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/DateSeparator-test.tsx
index 93687be0e7..ebe3ac42d4 100644
--- a/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/DateSeparator-test.tsx
+++ b/test/unit-tests/components/views/messages/DateSeparator-test.tsx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ describe("DateSeparator", () => {
     });
 
     it("renders invalid date separator correctly", () => {
-        let ts = new Date(-8640000000000004).getTime();
+        const ts = new Date(-8640000000000004).getTime();
         const { asFragment } = getComponent({ ts });
         expect(asFragment()).toMatchSnapshot();
     });