===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/mandoc/man_validate.c,v
retrieving revision 1.76
retrieving revision 1.77
diff -u -p -r1.76 -r1.77
--- mandoc/man_validate.c	2011/10/16 12:20:34	1.76
+++ mandoc/man_validate.c	2011/11/03 20:48:52	1.77
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$Id: man_validate.c,v 1.76 2011/10/16 12:20:34 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$Id: man_validate.c,v 1.77 2011/11/03 20:48:52 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2010 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -415,10 +415,12 @@ post_TH(CHKARGS)
 
 	if (n)
 		n = n->next;
-	if (n)
+	if (n && n->string && '\0' != n->string[0]) {
 		pos = n->pos;
-	m->meta.date = mandoc_normdate
-		(m->parse, n ? n->string : NULL, line, pos);
+		m->meta.date = mandoc_normdate
+		    (m->parse, n->string, line, pos);
+	} else
+		m->meta.date = mandoc_strdup("");
 
 	/* TITLE MSEC DATE ->SOURCE<- VOL */