diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx
index 3224619fc94..2280485e1da 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/Database/Migrations/Migrations.tsx
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import dayjs from 'dayjs'
+import { Search } from 'lucide-react'
 import { useState } from 'react'
 
 import { SupportCategories } from '@supabase/shared-types/out/constants'
 import { SupportLink } from 'components/interfaces/Support/SupportLink'
 import CodeEditor from 'components/ui/CodeEditor/CodeEditor'
+import { InlineLink } from 'components/ui/InlineLink'
 import ShimmeringLoader from 'components/ui/ShimmeringLoader'
 import { DatabaseMigration, useMigrationsQuery } from 'data/database/migrations-query'
 import { useSelectedProjectQuery } from 'hooks/misc/useSelectedProject'
-import { Search } from 'lucide-react'
+import { DOCS_URL } from 'lib/constants'
+import { parseMigrationVersion } from 'lib/migration-utils'
 import {
   Button,
   Card,
-  Input,
+  cn,
   SidePanel,
   Table,
   TableBody,
@@ -19,8 +21,12 @@ import {
   TableHead,
   TableHeader,
   TableRow,
+  Tooltip,
+  TooltipContent,
+  TooltipTrigger,
 } from 'ui'
 import { Admonition } from 'ui-patterns'
+import { Input } from 'ui-patterns/DataInputs/Input'
 import { MigrationsEmptyState } from './MigrationsEmptyState'
 
 const Migrations = () => {
@@ -28,14 +34,20 @@ const Migrations = () => {
   const [selectedMigration, setSelectedMigration] = useState<DatabaseMigration>()
 
   const { data: project } = useSelectedProjectQuery()
-  const { data, isLoading, isSuccess, isError, error } = useMigrationsQuery({
+  const {
+    data = [],
+    isLoading,
+    isSuccess,
+    isError,
+    error,
+  } = useMigrationsQuery({
     projectRef: project?.ref,
     connectionString: project?.connectionString,
   })
   const migrations =
     search.length === 0
-      ? data ?? []
-      : data?.filter(
+      ? data
+      : data.filter(
           (migration) => migration.version.includes(search) || migration.name?.includes(search)
         ) ?? []
 
@@ -82,7 +94,7 @@ const Migrations = () => {
             {data.length <= 0 && <MigrationsEmptyState />}
 
             {data.length > 0 && (
-              <>
+              <div className="flex flex-col gap-y-4">
                 <Input
                   size="tiny"
                   placeholder="Search for a migration"
@@ -98,32 +110,46 @@ const Migrations = () => {
                         <TableHead key="version" style={{ width: '180px' }}>
                           Version
                         </TableHead>
-                        <TableHead key="version">Name</TableHead>
-                        <TableHead key="version">Inserted at (UTC)</TableHead>
-                        <TableHead key="buttons"></TableHead>
+                        <TableHead key="name">Name</TableHead>
+                        <TableHead key="insertedAt">Inserted at (UTC)</TableHead>
+                        <TableHead key="buttons" />
                       </TableRow>
                     </TableHeader>
                     <TableBody>
                       {migrations.length > 0 ? (
                         migrations.map((migration) => {
-                          // [Joshen] LEFT OFF HERE
-                          const insertedAt = dayjs(migration.version, 'YYYYMMDDHHmmss').format(
-                            'DD MMM YYYY, HH:mm:ss'
-                          )
+                          const versionDayjs = parseMigrationVersion(migration.version)
+                          const insertedAt = versionDayjs
+                            ? versionDayjs.format('DD MMM YYYY, HH:mm:ss')
+                            : undefined
 
                           return (
                             <TableRow key={migration.version}>
                               <TableCell>{migration.version}</TableCell>
                               <TableCell
-                                className={
-                                  (migration?.name ?? '').length === 0
-                                    ? '!text-foreground-lighter'
-                                    : ''
-                                }
+                                className={cn(
+                                  (migration?.name ?? '').length === 0 && '!text-foreground-lighter'
+                                )}
                               >
                                 {migration?.name ?? 'Name not available'}
                               </TableCell>
-                              <TableCell>{insertedAt}</TableCell>
+                              <TableCell className={cn(!insertedAt && 'text-foreground-lighter')}>
+                                <Tooltip>
+                                  <TooltipTrigger>{insertedAt ?? 'Unknown'}</TooltipTrigger>
+                                  {!insertedAt && (
+                                    <TooltipContent side="right" className="w-64 text-center">
+                                      This migration was not generated via the{' '}
+                                      <InlineLink
+                                        href={`${DOCS_URL}/guides/deployment/database-migrations`}
+                                      >
+                                        Supabase CLI
+                                      </InlineLink>{' '}
+                                      and hence we're unable to parse when this migration was
+                                      inserted at.
+                                    </TooltipContent>
+                                  )}
+                                </Tooltip>
+                              </TableCell>
                               <TableCell align="right">
                                 <Button
                                   type="default"
@@ -148,7 +174,7 @@ const Migrations = () => {
                     </TableBody>
                   </Table>
                 </Card>
-              </>
+              </div>
             )}
           </div>
         )}
diff --git a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/HomeNew/ActivityStats.tsx b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/HomeNew/ActivityStats.tsx
index 8742334d836..620a847bb75 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/interfaces/HomeNew/ActivityStats.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/interfaces/HomeNew/ActivityStats.tsx
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ import { useParams } from 'common'
 import { SingleStat } from 'components/ui/SingleStat'
 import { useBranchesQuery } from 'data/branches/branches-query'
 import { useBackupsQuery } from 'data/database/backups-query'
-import { useMigrationsQuery } from 'data/database/migrations-query'
+import { DatabaseMigration, useMigrationsQuery } from 'data/database/migrations-query'
 import { useSelectedProjectQuery } from 'hooks/misc/useSelectedProject'
+import { parseMigrationVersion } from 'lib/migration-utils'
 import { cn, Skeleton } from 'ui'
 import { TimestampInfo } from 'ui-patterns'
 import { ServiceStatus } from './ServiceStatus'
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ export const ActivityStats = () => {
     projectRef: project?.ref,
     connectionString: project?.connectionString,
   })
-  const latestMigration = useMemo(() => (migrationsData ?? [])[0], [migrationsData])
+  const latestMigration = useMemo<DatabaseMigration | undefined>(
+    () => (migrationsData ?? [])[0],
+    [migrationsData]
+  )
 
   const { data: backupsData, isLoading: isLoadingBackups } = useBackupsQuery({
     projectRef: project?.ref,
@@ -53,6 +57,21 @@ export const ActivityStats = () => {
       .sort((a, b) => new Date(b.inserted_at).valueOf() - new Date(a.inserted_at).valueOf())[0]
   }, [backupsData])
 
+  const [versionLabel, versionTimestamp] = useMemo(() => {
+    const version = latestMigration?.version
+
+    const versionDayjs = parseMigrationVersion(version)
+    if (versionDayjs) {
+      return [versionDayjs.fromNow(), versionDayjs.toISOString()]
+    }
+
+    return [undefined, undefined]
+  }, [latestMigration])
+
+  const hasValidVersion = versionLabel && versionTimestamp
+
+  const versionLabelText = migrationsData && migrationsData.length > 0 ? 'Unknown' : 'No migrations'
+
   return (
     <div className="@container">
       <div className="grid grid-cols-1 @md:grid-cols-2 gap-2 @md:gap-6 flex-wrap">
@@ -69,14 +88,14 @@ export const ActivityStats = () => {
           value={
             isLoadingMigrations ? (
               <Skeleton className="h-6 w-24" />
-            ) : latestMigration ? (
+            ) : hasValidVersion ? (
               <TimestampInfo
                 className="text-base"
-                label={dayjs(latestMigration.version, 'YYYYMMDDHHmmss').fromNow()}
-                utcTimestamp={dayjs(latestMigration.version, 'YYYYMMDDHHmmss').toISOString()}
+                label={versionLabel}
+                utcTimestamp={versionTimestamp}
               />
             ) : (
-              <p className="text-foreground-lighter">No migrations</p>
+              <p className="text-foreground-lighter">{versionLabelText}</p>
             )
           }
         />
diff --git a/apps/studio/lib/migration-utils.test.ts b/apps/studio/lib/migration-utils.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..607d14da099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/lib/migration-utils.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { parseMigrationVersion } from './migration-utils'
+import dayjs from 'dayjs'
+
+describe('parseMigrationVersion', () => {
+  it('should parse valid migration version in YYYYMMDDHHmmss format', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('20231128095400')
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(result?.isValid()).toBe(true)
+    expect(result?.year()).toBe(2023)
+    expect(result?.month()).toBe(10)
+    expect(result?.date()).toBe(28)
+    expect(result?.hour()).toBe(9)
+    expect(result?.minute()).toBe(54)
+    expect(result?.second()).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  it('should return undefined for invalid version format like "001"', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('001')
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('should return undefined for invalid version format like "002"', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('002')
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('should return undefined for invalid version format like "003"', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('003')
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('should return undefined for empty string', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('')
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('should return undefined for random string', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('not-a-date')
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('should return undefined for partial date format', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('20231128')
+
+    expect(result).toBeUndefined()
+  })
+
+  it('should handle edge case date values that dayjs can parse', () => {
+    // dayjs is lenient and will wrap invalid values to valid dates
+    // This is acceptable for our use case - the main goal is to reject
+    // non-date formats like "001", "002", etc.
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('20231399000000')
+
+    expect(result).not.toBeNull()
+    expect(result?.isValid()).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('should allow chaining dayjs methods when valid', () => {
+    const result = parseMigrationVersion('20231128095400')
+
+    expect(result?.fromNow()).toBeDefined()
+    expect(result?.toISOString()).toBeDefined()
+    expect(result?.format('DD MMM YYYY')).toBe('28 Nov 2023')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/apps/studio/lib/migration-utils.ts b/apps/studio/lib/migration-utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dceef55ab64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/studio/lib/migration-utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import dayjs, { Dayjs } from 'dayjs'
+
+/**
+ * Safely parses a migration version string as a date.
+ * Migration versions are typically in the format YYYYMMDDHHmmss (e.g., "20231128095400").
+ * However, some projects may have custom version formats (e.g., "001", "002") that cannot be parsed as dates.
+ *
+ * @param version - Migration version string
+ * @returns Dayjs object if the version is a valid datetime, null otherwise
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const parsed = parseMigrationVersion('20231128095400')
+ * if (parsed) {
+ *   console.log(parsed.fromNow()) // "2 hours ago"
+ *   console.log(parsed.format('DD MMM YYYY')) // "28 Nov 2023"
+ * }
+ *
+ * @example
+ * const invalid = parseMigrationVersion('001') // returns null
+ */
+export function parseMigrationVersion(version: string | null | undefined): Dayjs | undefined {
+  if (!version) return undefined
+
+  // Must contain only digits
+  if (!/^\d{14}$/.test(version)) return undefined
+
+  const parsed = dayjs(version, 'YYYYMMDDHHmmss', true)
+  return parsed.isValid() ? parsed : undefined
+}