1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/zachwalk.py b/zachwalk.py
index 9584cef..7965962 100755
--- a/zachwalk.py
+++ b/zachwalk.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import socket
 import ssl
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 
+DEFAULT = '1970-01-01'
+
 def getnewestdate(url):
     """load the url, and find the newest date listed in a link"""
     # TODO: outsource to pre-installed cli program?
@@ -21,6 +23,8 @@ def getnewestdate(url):
     header = fp.readline()
     header = header.decode("UTF-8").strip()
     # TODO: something special if status is not 2x
+    return gnd(fp)
+def gnd(fp):
     for line in fp:
      line=line.decode('UTF-8')
      if line.strip()[0:2] == '=>':
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ def getnewestdate(url):
         return date
       except:
         pass
-    return '1970-01-01'
+    return DEFAULT
 
 def main(argv):
   with open(argv[1]) as f: