Index: openacs-4/packages/news-aggregator/tcl/source-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/news-aggregator/tcl/source-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.17 -r1.18
--- openacs-4/packages/news-aggregator/tcl/source-procs.tcl	19 Jul 2018 15:36:42 -0000	1.17
+++ openacs-4/packages/news-aggregator/tcl/source-procs.tcl	2 Apr 2019 09:40:30 -0000	1.18
@@ -187,6 +187,9 @@
         set description [dict get $item description]
         set author [dict get $item author]
         set pub_date [dict get $item pub_date]
+        if { $pub_date ne "" } {
+            set pub_date [clock format $pub_date -format "%Y-%m-%d %T UTC"]
+        }
 
         set guid [news_aggregator::source::generate_guid \
                       -link [dict get $item link] \
@@ -213,10 +216,6 @@
                 ns_log Debug "source::update: guid $guid is new and will be inserted; title=$title description=$description"
             }
 
-            if { $pub_date ne "" } {
-                set pub_date [clock format $pub_date -format "%Y-%m-%d %T UTC"]
-            }
-
             db_exec_plsql add_item {}
             incr no_items
         } else {