--- loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2002/07/03 15:36:40	1.101
+++ loncom/homework/structuretags.pm	2002/07/24 20:34:52	1.102
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA 
 # definition of tags that give a structure to a document
 #
-# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.101 2002/07/03 15:36:40 sakharuk Exp $
+# $Id: structuretags.pm,v 1.102 2002/07/24 20:34:52 sakharuk Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ sub start_tex {
   my ($target,$token,$tagstack,$parstack,$parser,$safeeval)=@_;
   my $bodytext=&Apache::lonxml::get_all_text("/tex",$$parser[$#$parser]);
   if ($target eq 'tex') {
-    return $bodytext
+      return $bodytext.' ';
   }
   return '';
 }
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ sub start_problem {
         chomp $due_file_content;
         if ($due_file_content ne $duedate) {	    
 	$temp_file = Apache::File->new('>'.$filename); 
-	    print $temp_file "$duedate\n";	    
+	    print $temp_file "$duedate\n";
+	    if($duedate eq 'Wed 31 Dec 1969 07:00:00 PM EDT') {$duedate = '';}	    
 	    if (not $ENV{'request.symb'} =~ m/\.page_/) {
 		$result .= '\begin{document} \noindent\textit{Due date: '.$duedate.'} \vskip 1 mm';	
 	    } else {