From 333b32381349f074383a689ef965e4210cb8e523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Cordovano <rcordovano@basistech.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2021 09:56:28 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] 7389 Remove erroneous IllegalStateException throw

---
 .../sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTaskPipeline.java  | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTaskPipeline.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTaskPipeline.java
index 2866987f46..8264c4fcc9 100755
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTaskPipeline.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTaskPipeline.java
@@ -144,10 +144,11 @@ abstract class IngestTaskPipeline<T extends IngestTask> {
      *         not been started yet.
      */
     Date getStartTime() {
-        if (startTime == null) {
-            throw new IllegalStateException("startUp() was not called"); //NON-NLS
+        Date reportedStartTime = null;
+        if (startTime != null) {
+            reportedStartTime = new Date(startTime.getTime());
         }
-        return new Date(startTime.getTime());
+        return reportedStartTime;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -322,11 +323,11 @@ abstract class IngestTaskPipeline<T extends IngestTask> {
          *                               performing the task.
          */
         abstract void performTask(IngestJobPipeline ingestJobPipeline, T task) throws IngestModuleException;
-        
+
         @Override
         public void shutDown() {
             module.shutDown();
-        }        
+        }
 
     }