diff --git a/blogindex.sh b/blogindex.sh
index be94065..667cf08 100755
--- a/blogindex.sh
+++ b/blogindex.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ for f in $FILES; do
 	OUTPAGE=${f%.md}.html
 	OUTPAGE=/${OUTPAGE#pages/}
 
-	echo " * [$TITLE]($OUTPAGE) (last update `date -d "@$MTIME" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"`)"
+	if [ $MTIME ]; then
+		echo " * [$TITLE]($OUTPAGE) (last update `date -d "@$MTIME" "+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M"`)"
+	else
+		echo " * [$TITLE]($OUTPAGE)"
+	fi
 done
 
 cat tpl/blog_footer.md
diff --git a/blogrss.sh b/blogrss.sh
index 11fe5c4..ea740c8 100755
--- a/blogrss.sh
+++ b/blogrss.sh
@@ -22,15 +22,15 @@ for f in $FILES; do
 	OUTPAGE=${f%.md}.html
 	OUTPAGE=/${OUTPAGE#pages/}
 
-	LASTUPD=`date -R -u -d "@$MTIME"`
 
-	cat <<- RSSITEM
-	<item>
-	<title>$TITLE</title>
-	<link>$OUTPAGE</link>
-	<pubdate>$LASTUPD</pubdate>
-	</item>
-	RSSITEM
+	echo "<item>"
+	echo "<title>$TITLE</title>"
+	echo "<link>$OUTPAGE</link>"
+	
+	if [ $MTIME ]; then
+		echo "<pubdate>`date -R -u -d \"@$MTIME\"`</pubdate>"
+	fi
+	echo "</item>"
 done
 
 cat << RSSFOOTER