From b7cfbe0ce61f3350a74b82009a73ca7b48a03f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Don Mitchell <dmitchell@edx.org>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 11:40:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add safety check for start dates unbound

---
 cms/templates/edit_subsection.html | 4 ++--
 cms/templates/overview.html        | 8 ++++++--
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html b/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html
index 4aae070ca1..cbce91ab44 100644
--- a/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html
+++ b/cms/templates/edit_subsection.html
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@
           <div class="field field-start-date">
             <label for="start_date">Release Day</label>
             <input type="text" id="start_date" name="start_date" 
-                value="${subsection.lms.start.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')}" 
+                value="${subsection.lms.start.strftime('%m/%d/%Y') if subsection.lms.start else ''}" 
                 placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY" class="date" size='15' autocomplete="off"/>
           </div>
           <div class="field field-start-time">
             <label for="start_time">Release Time (<abbr title="Coordinated Universal Time">UTC</abbr>)</label>
             <input type="text" id="start_time" name="start_time" 
-                value="${subsection.lms.start.strftime('%H:%M')}" 
+                value="${subsection.lms.start.strftime('%H:%M') if subsection.lms.start else ''}" 
                 placeholder="HH:MM" class="time" size='10' autocomplete="off"/>
           </div>
         </div>
diff --git a/cms/templates/overview.html b/cms/templates/overview.html
index 0b82d76943..43d0afc263 100644
--- a/cms/templates/overview.html
+++ b/cms/templates/overview.html
@@ -154,8 +154,12 @@
               <h3 class="section-name" data-name="${section.display_name_with_default | h}"></h3>
               <div class="section-published-date">
                 <%
-                  start_date_str = section.lms.start.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
-                  start_time_str = section.lms.start.strftime('%H:%M')
+                  if section.lms.start is not None:
+                      start_date_str = section.lms.start.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')
+                      start_time_str = section.lms.start.strftime('%H:%M')
+                  else:
+                      start_date_str = ''
+                      start_time_str = ''
                 %>
                 %if section.lms.start is None:
                   <span class="published-status">This section has not been released.</span>