diff --git a/darts/datasets/__init__.py b/darts/datasets/__init__.py
index 57d6f55957..d4393e8f29 100644
--- a/darts/datasets/__init__.py
+++ b/darts/datasets/__init__.py
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ def _to_multi_series(self, series: pd.DataFrame) -> List[TimeSeries]:
 
             # filter column down to the period of recording
             srs = srs.replace(0.0, np.nan)
-            start_date = min(srs.fillna(method="ffill").dropna().index)
-            end_date = max(srs.fillna(method="bfill").dropna().index)
+            start_date = min(srs.ffill().dropna().index)
+            end_date = max(srs.bfill().dropna().index)
             active_range = (srs.index >= start_date) & (srs.index <= end_date)
             srs = srs[active_range].fillna(0.0)
 
@@ -670,8 +670,8 @@ def _to_multi_series(self, series: pd.DataFrame) -> List[TimeSeries]:
             srs = series[label]
 
             # filter column down to the period of recording
-            start_date = min(srs.fillna(method="ffill").dropna().index)
-            end_date = max(srs.fillna(method="bfill").dropna().index)
+            start_date = min(srs.ffill().dropna().index)
+            end_date = max(srs.bfill().dropna().index)
             active_range = (srs.index >= start_date) & (srs.index <= end_date)
             srs = srs[active_range]