echo port.updated[currentsector] & "*"


try this

gives a date of 12/31/1899 if no port

That made me curious so I searched for the date, and it appears that when a date is set to NULL in some database software, that is the entry. Weird thing IMO. Someone on here probably has a lot better explanation.

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."

In the documentation of the DateTime Field which is what port.updated is stored as
the value for Zero is 12/31/1899

If this is a problem then your logic is flawed.
You will have to account for this.

You can come up with a magical # that fits all the properties that Zero currently holds.
If you can then I will turn in my nerd glasses, pocket protectors and my slide rule while I bow
down to your programming leetness.

Who said anything about a problem?