From c9bc5a8cd809635c99f6301cdb34ae2ffbfa308c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isaac Connor <isaac@zoneminder.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2018 14:33:20 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] if given timestamp is in the future, reset it, it is likely
 invalid

---
 src/zm_event.cpp | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/zm_event.cpp b/src/zm_event.cpp
index 5beaa00a8..c37bd04ce 100644
--- a/src/zm_event.cpp
+++ b/src/zm_event.cpp
@@ -60,10 +60,16 @@ Event::Event(
   std::string notes;
   createNotes(notes);
 
+  struct timeval now;
+  gettimeofday(&now, 0);
+
   bool untimedEvent = false;
   if ( !start_time.tv_sec ) {
     untimedEvent = true;
-    gettimeofday(&start_time, 0);
+    start_time = now;
+  } else if ( start_time.tv_sec > now.tv_sec ) {
+    Error("StartTime in the future");
+    start_time = now;
   }
 
   Storage * storage = monitor->getStorage();