X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fmessage.cc;h=e0b8a8e111925342e82d38d26ff8064b551915f0;hb=aa46a34408709a6434c8b2bfa438de9b33c04211;hp=41dddd077ea9939d703e95f0606dc1bfc023f053;hpb=31b54bc78735c628035a046e526ac4c596d830cf;p=notmuch

diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc
index 41dddd07..e0b8a8e1 100644
--- a/lib/message.cc
+++ b/lib/message.cc
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ _notmuch_message_set_date (notmuch_message_t *message,
 
     /* GMime really doesn't want to see a NULL date, so protect its
      * sensibilities. */
-    if (date == NULL)
+    if (date == NULL || *date == '\0')
 	time_value = 0;
     else
 	time_value = g_mime_utils_header_decode_date (date, NULL);