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RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/mandoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.114
retrieving revision 1.115
diff -u -p -r1.114 -r1.115
--- mandoc/mandoc.c	2018/12/30 00:49:55	1.114
+++ mandoc/mandoc.c	2019/05/21 08:04:21	1.115
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: mandoc.c,v 1.114 2018/12/30 00:49:55 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: mandoc.c,v 1.115 2019/05/21 08:04:21 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2015, 2017, 2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -541,10 +541,10 @@ mandoc_normdate(struct roff_man *man, char *in, int ln
 
 	/* No date specified: use today's date. */
 
-	if (in == NULL || *in == '\0' || strcmp(in, "$" "Mdocdate$") == 0) {
+	if (in == NULL || *in == '\0')
 		mandoc_msg(MANDOCERR_DATE_MISSING, ln, pos, NULL);
+	if (in == NULL || *in == '\0' || strcmp(in, "$" "Mdocdate$") == 0)
 		return time2a(time(NULL));
-	}
 
 	/* Valid mdoc(7) date format. */