--- ZSQLExtend/importFMPXML.py	2009/11/17 18:21:28	1.30
+++ ZSQLExtend/importFMPXML.py	2010/05/10 15:50:32	1.31
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ except:
 
 fm_ns = 'http://www.filemaker.com/fmpxmlresult'
 
-version_string = "V0.6.4 ROC 17.11.2009"
+version_string = "V0.6.5 ROC 10.5.2010"
 
 def unicodify(text, withNone=False):
     """decode str (utf-8 or latin-1 representation) into unicode object"""
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ class xml_handler:
             f = self.xml_field_map[fn]
             val = self.xml_data[fn]
             type = self.sql_fields[f.getName()].getType()
-            if type == "date" and len(val) == 0: 
+            if type == "date" and len(val.strip()) == 0: 
                 # empty date field
                 val = None