--- htpdate/htpdate.c	2010-07-23 13:26:43.052392000 -0700
+++ new_htpdate/htpdate.c	2010-07-23 13:23:28.687877000 -0700
@@ -157,7 +157,8 @@
 	char				remote_time[25] = { '\0' };
 	char				url[URLSIZE] = { '\0' };
 	char				*pdate = NULL;
-
+	int 				error = -1; 	/* used when returning non-zero return values */
+	
 
 	/* Connect to web server via proxy server or directly */
 	memset( &hints, 0, sizeof(hints) );
@@ -272,6 +273,7 @@
 				/* Web server timestamps are without daylight saving */
 				tm.tm_isdst = 0;
 				timevalue.tv_sec = mktime(&tm);
+				error = 0;
 			} else {
 				printlog( 1, "%s unknown time format", host );
 			}
@@ -293,8 +295,10 @@
 	/* Return the time delta between web server time (timevalue)
 	   and system time (timeofday)
 	*/
-	return( timevalue.tv_sec - timeofday.tv_sec + gmtoffset );
-			
+	if (!error)
+	  return( timevalue.tv_sec - timeofday.tv_sec + gmtoffset );
+	else
+	  return 0;
 }