X-Git-Url: https://git.notmuchmail.org/git?p=notmuch;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2Fmessage.cc;h=e08659e5d96a15b7564e280cc0716b3d83985516;hp=007f11715eb8f97d495f0ed68e1180e9fcc86452;hb=62822a4e2dee695c486383f0fe3d90edafae24db;hpb=8e7812d8243ed06fb4b2ff8f97598dbd1c139e0c

diff --git a/lib/message.cc b/lib/message.cc
index 007f1171..e08659e5 100644
--- a/lib/message.cc
+++ b/lib/message.cc
@@ -1034,10 +1034,16 @@ _notmuch_message_set_header_values (notmuch_message_t *message,
 
     /* GMime really doesn't want to see a NULL date, so protect its
      * sensibilities. */
-    if (date == NULL || *date == '\0')
+    if (date == NULL || *date == '\0') {
 	time_value = 0;
-    else
+    } else {
 	time_value = g_mime_utils_header_decode_date (date, NULL);
+	/*
+	 * Workaround for https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=779923
+	 */
+	if (time_value < 0)
+	    time_value = 0;
+    }
 
     message->doc.add_value (NOTMUCH_VALUE_TIMESTAMP,
 			    Xapian::sortable_serialise (time_value));