use current date when feed does not provide pubdates, disable article updates

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/utility/feedfetcher.php b/utility/feedfetcher.php
index fc301b31e..4706f7612 100644
--- a/utility/feedfetcher.php
+++ b/utility/feedfetcher.php
@@ -126,7 +126,15 @@ class FeedFetcher implements IFeedFetcher {
 		$item->setBody(str_replace('<a', '<a target="_blank"',
 		// escape XSS
 		$this->purifier->purify($simplePieItem->get_content())));
-		$item->setPubDate($simplePieItem->get_date('U'));
+
+		// pubdate is not required. if not given use the current date
+		$date = $simplePieItem->get_date('U');
+		if(!$date) {
+			$date = $this->time->getTime();
+		}
+
+		$item->setPubDate($date);
+		
 		$item->setLastModified($this->time->getTime());
 
 		$author = $simplePieItem->get_author();