Date format check

webapp_column_right.py

@@ -214,8 +214,12 @@ def htmlNewswire(baseDir: str, newswire: {}, nickname: str, moderator: bool,
             item[0] = item[0].split('CDATA[')[1]
             if ']' in item[0]:
                 item[0] = item[0].split(']')[0]
+        try:
             publishedDate = \
                 datetime.strptime(dateStr, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S%z")
+        except BaseException:
+            print('WARN: bad date format ' + dateStr)
+            continue
         dateShown = publishedDate.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
 
         dateStrLink = dateStr.replace('T', ' ')