--- passdb/pdb_ldap.c.orig      2006-09-08 11:59:52.000000000 -0400
+++ passdb/pdb_ldap.c   2006-09-08 11:53:40.000000000 -0400
@@ -455,7 +455,11 @@
                        temp))
                return (time_t) 0;
 
-       strptime(temp, "%Y%m%d%H%M%SZ", &tm);
+       if ( !strptime(temp, "%Y%m%d%H%M%SZ", &tm)) {
+               DEBUG(0,("ldapsam_get_entry_timestamp: strptime failed on: %s\n",
+                       (char*)temp));
+               return (time_t) 0;
+       }
        tzset();
        return timegm(&tm);
 }