# if Hard Due Dates are used, retreive them and apply as necessary
my ($hardduedate, $hardduedatecompare) = GetHardDueDate($borrower->{'categorycode'},$itemtype, $branch);
- if ( $hardduedate && $hardduedate->output('iso') ne '0000-00-00') {
+ if ( $hardduedate && $hardduedate->output('iso') && $hardduedate->output('iso') ne '0000-00-00') {
# if the calculated due date is after the 'before' Hard Due Date (ceiling), override
if ( $datedue->output( 'iso' ) gt $hardduedate->output( 'iso' ) && $hardduedatecompare == -1) {
$datedue = $hardduedate;