From 94d85929b468db4946c99c0d7dd81bf5bca569ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zumbrunn <chris@zumbrunn.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:23:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] patch by tobi, catching invalid date format errors and
 letting the now_macro write error output into the skin instead

---
 core/Global.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/Global.js b/core/Global.js
index 7b0b2fdf..18dcd43a 100644
--- a/core/Global.js
+++ b/core/Global.js
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ function write_macro(param, text) {
 function now_macro(param) {
     var d = new Date();
     if (param.format) {
-        res.write(d.format(param.format));
+        try {
+            res.write(d.format(param.format));
+        } catch (e) {
+            res.write('<span title="' + e + '">[Invalid date format]</span>');
+        }
     } else if (param.as == "timestamp") {
         res.write(d.getTime());
     } else {