diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Playlists/TestScenePlaylistsResultsScreen.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Playlists/TestScenePlaylistsResultsScreen.cs
index 95dab61d7b..61d49e4018 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Playlists/TestScenePlaylistsResultsScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/Playlists/TestScenePlaylistsResultsScreen.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
@@ -227,13 +226,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Playlists
 
         private MultiplayerScore createUserResponse([NotNull] ScoreInfo userScore)
         {
-            Debug.Assert(userScore.Date != null);
-
             var multiplayerUserScore = new MultiplayerScore
             {
                 ID = (int)(userScore.OnlineScoreID ?? currentScoreId++),
                 Accuracy = userScore.Accuracy,
-                EndedAt = userScore.Date.Value,
+                EndedAt = userScore.Date,
                 Passed = userScore.Passed,
                 Rank = userScore.Rank,
                 Position = 200,
@@ -254,7 +251,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Playlists
                 {
                     ID = currentScoreId++,
                     Accuracy = userScore.Accuracy,
-                    EndedAt = userScore.Date.Value,
+                    EndedAt = userScore.Date,
                     Passed = true,
                     Rank = userScore.Rank,
                     MaxCombo = userScore.MaxCombo,
@@ -272,7 +269,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual.Playlists
                 {
                     ID = currentScoreId++,
                     Accuracy = userScore.Accuracy,
-                    EndedAt = userScore.Date.Value,
+                    EndedAt = userScore.Date,
                     Passed = true,
                     Rank = userScore.Rank,
                     MaxCombo = userScore.MaxCombo,
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs
index 324d82b9c2..736366fb5c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/BeatmapSet/Scores/TopScoreUserSection.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
 using System;
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using osu.Framework.Extensions.Color4Extensions;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
@@ -137,11 +136,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.BeatmapSet.Scores
         {
             set
             {
-                Debug.Assert(value.Date != null);
-
                 avatar.User = value.User;
                 flag.Country = value.User.Country;
-                achievedOn.Date = value.Date.Value;
+                achievedOn.Date = value.Date;
 
                 usernameText.Clear();
                 usernameText.AddUserLink(value.User);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs
index ec02273a99..713303285a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Profile/Sections/Ranks/DrawableProfileScore.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
-using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
@@ -45,8 +44,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Ranks
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load()
         {
-            Debug.Assert(Score.Date != null);
-
             AddInternal(new ProfileItemContainer
             {
                 Children = new Drawable[]
@@ -95,7 +92,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Profile.Sections.Ranks
                                                         Font = OsuFont.GetFont(size: 12, weight: FontWeight.Regular),
                                                         Colour = colours.Yellow
                                                     },
-                                                    new DrawableDate(Score.Date.Value, 12)
+                                                    new DrawableDate(Score.Date, 12)
                                                     {
                                                         Colour = colourProvider.Foreground1
                                                     }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs
index 0a405a9933..288552879c 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/Legacy/LegacyScoreEncoder.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring.Legacy
                 sw.Write((int)score.ScoreInfo.Ruleset.CreateInstance().ConvertToLegacyMods(score.ScoreInfo.Mods));
 
                 sw.Write(getHpGraphFormatted());
-                sw.Write((score.ScoreInfo.Date ?? DateTimeOffset.Now).DateTime);
+                sw.Write(score.ScoreInfo.Date.DateTime);
                 sw.WriteByteArray(createReplayData());
                 sw.Write((long)0);
                 writeModSpecificData(score.ScoreInfo, sw);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
index d2df0058d8..a0c4d5a026 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Scoring/ScoreInfo.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.Schema;
 using System.Linq;
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Converters;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
@@ -156,8 +155,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Scoring
         public long? OnlineScoreID { get; set; }
 
         [JsonIgnore]
-        [CanBeNull] // may be null in cases of autoplay.
-        public DateTimeOffset? Date { get; set; }
+        public DateTimeOffset Date { get; set; }
 
         [JsonProperty("statistics")]
         public Dictionary<HitResult, int> Statistics = new Dictionary<HitResult, int>();