diff --git a/changelog.d/979.fix.md b/changelog.d/979.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b327020126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/979.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Replaced all usages of `timestamp_nanos` with `timestamp_nanos_opt` to avoid panics when the timestamp is out of range.
diff --git a/src/compiler/value/error.rs b/src/compiler/value/error.rs
index eab3bf0047..6d4021dbec 100644
--- a/src/compiler/value/error.rs
+++ b/src/compiler/value/error.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+use super::Kind;
 use crate::compiler::ExpressionError;
 use crate::diagnostic::DiagnosticMessage;
-
-use super::Kind;
+use crate::prelude::ValueError::OutOfRange;
 
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum ValueError {
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ pub enum ValueError {
 
     #[error("can't merge type {1} into {0}")]
     Merge(Kind, Kind),
+
+    #[error("can't convert out of range {0}")]
+    OutOfRange(Kind),
 }
 
 impl DiagnosticMessage for ValueError {
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ impl DiagnosticMessage for ValueError {
             Lt(..) => 313,
             Le(..) => 314,
             Merge(..) => 315,
+            OutOfRange(..) => 316,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/stdlib/to_float.rs b/src/stdlib/to_float.rs
index cd1148bb55..19819d6565 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/to_float.rs
+++ b/src/stdlib/to_float.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ fn to_float(value: Value) -> Resolved {
         Integer(v) => Ok(Value::from_f64_or_zero(v as f64)),
         Boolean(v) => Ok(NotNan::new(if v { 1.0 } else { 0.0 }).unwrap().into()),
         Null => Ok(NotNan::new(0.0).unwrap().into()),
-        Timestamp(v) => Ok(Value::from_f64_or_zero(
-            v.timestamp_nanos() as f64 / 1_000_000_000_f64,
-        )),
+        Timestamp(v) => {
+            let nanoseconds = match v.timestamp_nanos_opt() {
+                Some(nanos) => nanos as f64,
+                None => return Err(ValueError::OutOfRange(Kind::timestamp()).into()),
+            };
+            Ok(Value::from_f64_or_zero(nanoseconds / 1_000_000_000_f64))
+        }
         Bytes(v) => Conversion::Float
             .convert(v)
             .map_err(|e| e.to_string().into()),
diff --git a/src/stdlib/to_unix_timestamp.rs b/src/stdlib/to_unix_timestamp.rs
index a75ddba8c4..8f46d5a2a6 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/to_unix_timestamp.rs
+++ b/src/stdlib/to_unix_timestamp.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ fn to_unix_timestamp(value: Value, unit: Unit) -> Resolved {
         Unit::Seconds => ts.timestamp(),
         Unit::Milliseconds => ts.timestamp_millis(),
         Unit::Microseconds => ts.timestamp_micros(),
-        Unit::Nanoseconds => ts.timestamp_nanos(),
+        Unit::Nanoseconds => match ts.timestamp_nanos_opt() {
+            None => return Err(ValueError::OutOfRange(Kind::timestamp()).into()),
+            Some(nanos) => nanos,
+        },
     };
     Ok(time.into())
 }
@@ -186,5 +189,12 @@ mod test {
              want: Ok(1_609_459_200_000_000_000_i64),
              tdef: TypeDef::integer().infallible(),
          }
+         out_of_range {
+             args: func_args![value: chrono::Utc.ymd(0, 1, 1).and_hms_milli(0, 0, 0, 0),
+                              unit: "nanoseconds"
+             ],
+             want: Err("can't convert out of range timestamp"),
+             tdef: TypeDef::integer().infallible(),
+         }
     ];
 }
diff --git a/src/stdlib/uuid_v7.rs b/src/stdlib/uuid_v7.rs
index 6c02f0aee3..871d5dbade 100644
--- a/src/stdlib/uuid_v7.rs
+++ b/src/stdlib/uuid_v7.rs
@@ -3,22 +3,25 @@ use bytes::Bytes;
 use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use uuid::{timestamp::Timestamp, NoContext};
 
-fn uuid_v7(timestamp: Option<Value>) -> Value {
-    let timestamp: DateTime<Utc> = if let Some(timestamp) = timestamp {
-        timestamp.try_timestamp().unwrap()
+fn uuid_v7(timestamp: Option<Value>) -> Resolved {
+    let utc_timestamp: DateTime<Utc> = if let Some(timestamp) = timestamp {
+        timestamp.try_timestamp()?
     } else {
         Utc::now()
     };
 
-    let seconds = timestamp.timestamp() as u64;
-    let nanoseconds = timestamp.timestamp_nanos() as u32;
+    let seconds = utc_timestamp.timestamp() as u64;
+    let nanoseconds = match utc_timestamp.timestamp_nanos_opt() {
+        Some(nanos) => nanos as u32,
+        None => return Err(ValueError::OutOfRange(Kind::timestamp()).into()),
+    };
     let timestamp = Timestamp::from_unix(NoContext, seconds, nanoseconds);
 
     let mut buffer = [0; 36];
     let uuid = uuid::Uuid::new_v7(timestamp)
         .hyphenated()
         .encode_lower(&mut buffer);
-    Bytes::copy_from_slice(uuid.as_bytes()).into()
+    Ok(Bytes::copy_from_slice(uuid.as_bytes()).into())
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ impl FunctionExpression for UuidV7Fn {
             .map(|m| m.resolve(ctx))
             .transpose()?;
 
-        Ok(uuid_v7(timestamp))
+        uuid_v7(timestamp)
     }
 
     fn type_def(&self, _: &TypeState) -> TypeDef {