From 4f1c59b9a7506ece457fe5a6199e2d05d052edc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian <aristophian@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2024 19:22:54 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] smarty API: Improve 536b8c4953845918afe403cf6d2c6202bd7922b9

---
 include/functions_smarty.inc.php | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/functions_smarty.inc.php b/include/functions_smarty.inc.php
index 80af07631..182afad2b 100644
--- a/include/functions_smarty.inc.php
+++ b/include/functions_smarty.inc.php
@@ -822,8 +822,12 @@ function serendipity_smarty_formatTime($timestamp, $format, $useOffset = true, $
     }
     // Here we either have valid timestamps or datetime strings since they can happen in 'DigitalDateCreated', 'ExpirationDate' and ...?
     if (is_string($timestamp) && strlen($timestamp) === 8) {
-        $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd|', $timestamp);
-        $timestamp = $dateTime->getTimestamp();
+        try {
+            $dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd|', $timestamp);
+            $timestamp = $dateTime->getTimestamp();
+        } catch (Exception $e) {
+            return $timestamp;
+        }
     }
 
     if (defined($format)) {