diff --git a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
index aa5be26d96..75eeae3895 100644
--- a/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
+++ b/lms/djangoapps/instructor/views/instructor_dashboard.py
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ def _section_course_info(course, access):
         'has_started': course.has_started(),
         'has_ended': course.has_ended(),
         'start_date': course.start,
-        'end_date': course.end or None,
+        'end_date': course.end,
         'num_sections': len(course.children),
         'list_instructor_tasks_url': reverse('list_instructor_tasks', kwargs={'course_id': unicode(course_key)}),
     }
diff --git a/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html b/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html
index 11297601e1..d3cd9ba5d9 100644
--- a/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html
+++ b/lms/templates/instructor/instructor_dashboard_2/course_info.html
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
 
     <li class="field text is-not-editable" id="field-course-start-date">
       <label for="course-start-date">${_("Course Start Date:")}</label>
-      <b class="localized-datetime" data-datetime="${section_data['start_date']}" data-string="" data-timezone="${user_timezone}" data-language="${user_language}"></b>
+      <b class="localized-datetime" data-datetime="${section_data['start_date']}" data-timezone="${user_timezone}" data-language="${user_language}"></b>
     </li>
 
     <li class="field text is-not-editable" id="field-course-end-date">
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
         % if course.end is None:
             <b>${_("No end date set")}</b>
         % else:
-            <b class="localized-datetime" data-datetime="${section_data['end_date']}" data-string="" data-timezone="${user_timezone}" data-language="${user_language}"></b>
+            <b class="localized-datetime" data-datetime="${section_data['end_date']}" data-timezone="${user_timezone}" data-language="${user_language}"></b>
         % endif
     </li>
     <li class="field text is-not-editable" id="field-course-started">
@@ -151,4 +151,3 @@ from openedx.core.djangolib.markup import HTML, Text
   </div>
 <br>
 %endif
-