diff --git a/qt/widgets/common/src/CatalogHelper.cpp b/qt/widgets/common/src/CatalogHelper.cpp
index 87cf53def812dbf631fc63a1e9b32998b19d7c45..b5ab3790becc6201e4b9352676f3e5b60023371c 100644
--- a/qt/widgets/common/src/CatalogHelper.cpp
+++ b/qt/widgets/common/src/CatalogHelper.cpp
@@ -217,20 +217,19 @@ const std::map<std::string, std::string> CatalogHelper::validateProperties(
       // value.
       errors.emplace(iter->first + "_err", documentation);
     }
-
   }
- //catch invalid date formats
-  std::string dateField ="StartDate";
-  try{
-
-	  getTimevalue(catalogAlgorithm->getProperty(dateField));
-	  dateField="EndDate";
-
-	  getTimevalue(catalogAlgorithm->getProperty(dateField));
-  }catch(std::invalid_argument){
-	  std::string documentation =
-	            propertyDocumentation(catalogAlgorithm->getProperties(), dateField);
-	  errors.emplace(dateField+ "_err", documentation);
+  // catch invalid date formats
+  std::string dateField = "StartDate";
+  try {
+
+    getTimevalue(catalogAlgorithm->getProperty(dateField));
+    dateField = "EndDate";
+
+    getTimevalue(catalogAlgorithm->getProperty(dateField));
+  } catch (std::invalid_argument) {
+    std::string documentation =
+        propertyDocumentation(catalogAlgorithm->getProperties(), dateField);
+    errors.emplace(dateField + "_err", documentation);
   }
   return errors;
 }
@@ -254,7 +253,6 @@ time_t CatalogHelper::getTimevalue(const std::string &inputDate) {
   // Return the date as time_t value.
 
   return Mantid::Types::Core::DateAndTime(isoDate).to_time_t();
-
 }
 
 /**