* When parsing incoming Date fields, replace with the current date/time if

[citadel.git] / citadel / internet_addressing.c

diff --git a/citadel/internet_addressing.c b/citadel/internet_addressing.c
index a68941ba9201d88dac89e6dfd2a0d2436c411477..94c2e8fcece2ad45f09fd18570b6013478ecc61c 100644 (file)
--- a/citadel/internet_addressing.c
+++ b/citadel/internet_addressing.c
@@ -385,10 +385,16 @@ int convert_field(struct CtdlMessage *msg, int beg, int end) {
 
        lprintf(9, "Key=<%s> Value=<%s>\n", key, value);
 
-       /* Here's the big rfc822-to-citadel loop. */
+       /*
+        * Here's the big rfc822-to-citadel loop.
+        */
 
+       /* Date/time is converted into a unix timestamp.  If the conversion
+        * fails, we replace it with the time the message arrived locally.
+        */
        if (!strcasecmp(key, "Date")) {
                parsed_date = parsedate(value);
+               if (parsed_date < 0L) parsed_date = time(NULL);
                lprintf(9, "Parsed date is %s",
                        asctime(localtime(&parsed_date)));
                sprintf(buf, "%ld", parsed_date );