worker.py:development

    - wrap timestamp string creation in a try/except
    - add creating timestamp string from current time as a fallback

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/worker.py b/worker.py
index 2e1bb6c..18901ce 100644
--- a/worker.py
+++ b/worker.py
@@ -230,10 +230,14 @@ class ServerWorker(Thread):
         """
         update_clients(client_id, camera_id)
 
-        timestamp_string = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
-            struct.unpack('d', timestamp)[0]
-        ).strftime(TIME_FORMAT_STRING)
-        logger.debug("Timestamp string: %r", timestamp_string)
+        try:
+            timestamp_string = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+                struct.unpack('d', timestamp)[0]
+            ).strftime(TIME_FORMAT_STRING)
+            logger.debug("Timestamp string: %r", timestamp_string)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            logger.error("Error unpacking timestamp: %r, creating from current time!", exc) 
+            timestamp_string = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(TIME_FORMAT_STRING)  # If it's ok to use current time as fallback, why send timestamp in the first place?
 
         camera_id_string = camera_id.decode('utf-8')
         filename = f"{camera_id_string}-{timestamp_string}.mp4"