diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fc6b25c0de..6f2201f303 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>github-api</artifactId>
-  <version>1.21</version>
+  <version>1.22</version>
   <name>GitHub API for Java</name>
   <url>http://github-api.kohsuke.org/</url>
   <description>GitHub API for Java</description>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
index 86e805d53f..2a2c4f8327 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepository.java
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ public int getOpenIssueCount() {
         return open_issues;
     }
 
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return
+     *      null if the repository was never pushed at.
+     */
     public Date getPushedAt() {
         return GitHub.parseDate(pushed_at);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
index 890ee993cf..91b34b1d7a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/kohsuke/github/GitHub.java
@@ -489,6 +489,7 @@ WebClient createWebClient() throws IOException {
     }
 
     /*package*/ static Date parseDate(String timestamp) {
+        if (timestamp==null)    return null;
         for (String f : TIME_FORMATS) {
             try {
                 SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(f);
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java
index 41e72589f1..aabee36d41 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/AppTest.java
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@ public void tryGetMyself() throws Exception {
         System.out.println(me);
         GHUser u = hub.getUser("kohsuke2");
         System.out.println(u);
+        for (List<GHRepository> lst : me.iterateRepositories(100)) {
+            for (GHRepository r : lst) {
+                System.out.println(r.getPushedAt());
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     public void tryOrgFork() throws Exception {