diff --git a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs
index bf9cb5ab..4dec9564 100644
--- a/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs
+++ b/src/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient/OpcUaClientDriver.cs
@@ -1751,8 +1751,12 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientDriver : IDriver, ITagDiscovery, IReadable, IWrit
         _ => value.ToString(),
     };
 
+    // Missing-field sentinel is UTC-kinded so a downstream .ToUniversalTime() can't shift it.
+    private static readonly DateTime MissingTimeSentinel =
+        DateTime.SpecifyKind(DateTime.MinValue, DateTimeKind.Utc);
+
     private static DateTime CoerceDateTime(object? value)
-        => value is DateTime dt ? dt : DateTime.MinValue;
+        => value is DateTime dt ? dt : MissingTimeSentinel;
 
     private static ushort CoerceSeverity(object? value)
     {
diff --git a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientHistoryTests.cs b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientHistoryTests.cs
index 4207fa74..69eadae4 100644
--- a/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientHistoryTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Drivers/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.Driver.OpcUaClient.Tests/OpcUaClientHistoryTests.cs
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientHistoryTests
             clause.AttributeId.ShouldBe(Attributes.Value);
             clause.BrowsePath.Count.ShouldBe(1);
             clause.BrowsePath[0].Name.ShouldBe(expected[i]);
+            clause.BrowsePath[0].NamespaceIndex.ShouldBe((ushort)0); // BaseEventType fields live in ns 0
         }
     }
 
@@ -165,6 +166,7 @@ public sealed class OpcUaClientHistoryTests
         mapped[0].EventId.ShouldBe(Convert.ToBase64String(new byte[] { 9 }));
         mapped[0].SourceName.ShouldBeNull();
         mapped[0].EventTimeUtc.ShouldBe(DateTime.MinValue);
+        mapped[0].EventTimeUtc.Kind.ShouldBe(DateTimeKind.Utc); // sentinel is UTC-kinded, not Unspecified
         mapped[0].Severity.ShouldBe((ushort)0);
     }
 }