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RCS file: /cvsrepo/anoncvs/cvs/src/usr.bin/mandoc/mandoc.c,v
retrieving revision 1.82
retrieving revision 1.83
diff -u -r1.82 -r1.83
--- src/usr.bin/mandoc/mandoc.c	2018/12/30 00:48:47	1.82
+++ src/usr.bin/mandoc/mandoc.c	2019/05/21 08:03:43	1.83
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*	$OpenBSD: mandoc.c,v 1.82 2018/12/30 00:48:47 schwarze Exp $ */
+/*	$OpenBSD: mandoc.c,v 1.83 2019/05/21 08:03:43 schwarze Exp $ */
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2008-2011, 2014 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2015, 2017, 2018 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
@@ -536,10 +536,10 @@
 
 	/* 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. */