diff -u FeedsSimplePieParser.inc.old FeedsSimplePieParser.inc
--- FeedsSimplePieParser.inc.old        2009-10-31 12:35:44.000000000 -0400
+++ FeedsSimplePieParser.inc    2009-10-31 11:30:58.000000000 -0400
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@
       $item['url'] = html_entity_decode($simplepie_item->get_link());
       // U = std. unix timestamp
       $item['timestamp'] = $simplepie_item->get_date("U");
+      // Set timestamp to current date if 0 or empty or NULL.
+      if ($item['timestamp'] == "") {
+           $item['timestamp'] = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("y"));
+      }
       $item['guid'] = $simplepie_item->get_id();
       // Use URL as GUID if there is no GUID.
       if (empty($item['guid'])) {