better mail dates

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Feed/HelperRole/Mail.pm b/lib/Feed/HelperRole/Mail.pm
index 5bb206b..eb211fe 100644
--- a/lib/Feed/HelperRole/Mail.pm
+++ b/lib/Feed/HelperRole/Mail.pm
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ sub entry_to_mime {
 
     my $from = 'feeder@localhost';
     my $date = $entry->modified;
+    if ($date->epoch == 0) {
+        $date = DateTime->now(time_zone=>'UTC');
+    }
     my $from_name = $entry->author // $self->title;
     $from_name =~ tr/,//d;
     my $id   = sha1_hex($entry->id);
@@ -80,7 +83,7 @@ sub entry_to_mime {
     my $body = $self->prepare_body($entry);
 
     my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
-        Date => $self->date_formatter->format_datetime($entry->modified),
+        Date => $self->date_formatter->format_datetime($date),
         From => encode('MIME-Header',qq{"$from_name" <$from>}),
         To => $from,
         Subject => encode('MIME-Header',$entry->title//'(no title)'),
@@ -163,10 +166,10 @@ __DATA__
    [% END %]
   </div>
   <div id="msgfooter">
-   [% IF entry.issued %]
+   [% IF entry.issued AND entry.issued.epoch %]
     Posted on [% feeder.date_formatter.format_datetime(entry.issued) %]
    [% END %]
-   [% IF entry.modified %]
+   [% IF entry.modified AND entry.modified.epoch %]
     Modified on [% feeder.date_formatter.format_datetime(entry.modified) %]
    [% END %]
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