From f1440fb9d57fe249978d2b0b1b470f579d4dc2c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ralf Becker <RalfBecker@outdoor-training.de>
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 10:09:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] catch exception caused by wrongly formatted date, as it eg.
 stalls whole mail app, as we created placeholders of account for signature

---
 api/src/Storage/Merge.php | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/api/src/Storage/Merge.php b/api/src/Storage/Merge.php
index cafce82747..1ddddf8785 100644
--- a/api/src/Storage/Merge.php
+++ b/api/src/Storage/Merge.php
@@ -229,7 +229,12 @@ abstract class Merge
 				case 'bday':
 					if ($value)
 					{
-						$value = Api\DateTime::to($value, true);
+						try {
+							$value = Api\DateTime::to($value, true);
+						}
+						catch (Exception $e) {
+							unset($e);	// ignore exception caused by wrongly formatted date
+						}
 					}
 					break;
 				case 'owner': case 'creator': case 'modifier':