--- D:\tmp\tablemanager\tablemanager.module.orig	Tue Aug 22 21:13:42 2006
+++ D:\tmp\tablemanager\tablemanager.module	Tue Aug 22 21:13:21 2006
@@ -924,8 +924,12 @@
               }
               break;
             case "3": // Date
+						  if (strlen(trim($a)) > 3) {
               $exp = explode('/', $a);
               $temp[] = array('data' => '<!-- '.$a.' -->'.date(variable_get('tablemanager_date_format', 'jS F Y'), mktime(0, 0, 0, $exp['1'], $exp['2'], $exp['0'])));
+							} else {
+                $temp[] = array('data' => '<!-- '.$a.' -->&nbsp;');
+							}
               break;
             case "4": // URL
               // To do - split this nicely into display name and link rather than one entry for both