Manually merge PR156

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.code.sf.net/p/migrid/code/trunk@6174 b75ad72c-e7d7-11dd-a971-7dbc132099af

Author: jonasbardino

mig/shared/refunctions.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # --- BEGIN_HEADER ---
 #
 # refunctions - runtime environment functions
-# Copyright (C) 2003-2021  The MiG Project lead by Brian Vinter
+# Copyright (C) 2003-2024  The MiG Project lead by Brian Vinter
 #
 # This file is part of MiG.
 #
@@ -383,6 +383,11 @@ def build_reitem_object(configuration, re_dict):
                 'example': environment_item['example'],
                 'description': environment_item['description'],
             })
+    created_timestamp = re_dict['CREATED_TIMESTAMP']
+    # Timestamp should always be set but default to epoch e.g. if None
+    if not created_timestamp:
+        created_timestamp = datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp(0)
+    created_timetuple = created_timestamp.timetuple()
     created_timetuple = re_dict['CREATED_TIMESTAMP'].timetuple()
     created_asctime = time.asctime(created_timetuple)
     created_epoch = time.mktime(created_timetuple)