From c83ba91fcebd7e346e71ef155e7c618130c70111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric Wong (Contractor, The Linux Foundation)" <e@80x24.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 23:20:20 +0000
Subject: import: allow the epoch (0s) as a valid time

Despite email not existing until 1971; "Jan 1, 1970 00:00:00"
seems like a common default timestamp for some test emails
to use as a Date: header.
---
 lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm')

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
index f8d10037..1f831a7b 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Import.pm
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ sub parse_date ($) {
 		warn "bogus TZ offset: $zone, ignoring and assuming +0000\n";
 		$zone = '+0000';
 	}
-	$ts ||= time;
+	$ts = time unless defined $ts;
 	$ts = 0 if $ts < 0; # git uses unsigned times
 	"$ts $zone";
 }
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