diff --git a/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts b/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts
index 90975c1b618..61f584cf5f1 100644
--- a/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/datetime/datetime-util.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export function renderDatetime(template: string, value: DatetimeData, locale: Lo
       const token = '{' + index + '}';
       const text = renderTextFormat(format.f, (value as any)[format.k], value, locale);
 
-      if (!hasText && text && (value as any)[format.k]) {
+      if (!hasText && text && (value as any)[format.k] != null) {
         hasText = true;
       }