X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fgui%2FBlogReader.java;h=ab9aad7b963523588ed396fe3a782e944664d745;hb=e20cd4d53a73081a49b378f276aa17cd5d7948fb;hp=edea2dc7c8fba01aeb2f4304c9f68906ab78bbd1;hpb=e8ab1b32267d78c12e9ec2db2a65cf1b472fe1d0;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
index edea2dc..ab9aad7 100644
--- a/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
+++ b/src/jalview/gui/BlogReader.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -370,9 +371,9 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
               + " and lastDate is " + lastDate);
       for (Item i : (List<Item>) chan.getItems())
       {
+        Date published = i.getPublishDate();
         boolean isread = lastDate == null ? false
-                : (i.getPublishDate() != null && !lastDate.before(i
-                        .getPublishDate()));
+                : (published != null && !lastDate.before(published));
 
         if (!updating || updateItems)
         {
@@ -382,11 +383,11 @@ public class BlogReader extends JPanel
         {
           i.setRead(isread);
         }
-        if (i.getPublishDate() != null && !i.isRead())
+        if (published != null && !i.isRead())
         {
-          if (earliest == null || earliest.after(i.getPublishDate()))
+          if (earliest == null || earliest.after(published))
           {
-            earliest = i.getPublishDate();
+            earliest = published;
           }
         }
       }