--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2005/10/04 18:29:54	1.277
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2005/10/04 18:49:32	1.278
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.277 2005/10/04 18:29:54 albertel Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.278 2005/10/04 18:49:32 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -3082,6 +3082,7 @@ sub get_course_users {
         my $startidx = &Apache::loncoursedata::CL_START();
         my $endidx = &Apache::loncoursedata::CL_END();
         my ($classlist,$keylist)=&Apache::loncoursedata::get_classlist($cdom,$cnum);
+        my $now = time;
         foreach my $student (keys(%{$classlist})) {
             if (defined($$types{'active'})) {
                 if ($$classlist{$student}[$statusidx] eq 'Active') {
@@ -3089,12 +3090,12 @@ sub get_course_users {
                 }
             }
             if (defined($$types{'previous'})) {
-                if ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] <= time) {
+                if ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] <= $now) {
                     push(@{$$users{st}{$student}},'previous');
                 }
             }
             if (defined($$types{'future'})) {
-                if (($$classlist{$student}[$startidx] > 0) && ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] > time) || ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] == 0) || ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] eq '')) {
+                if (($$classlist{$student}[$startidx] > $now) && ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] > $now) || ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] == 0) || ($$classlist{$student}[$endidx] eq '')) {
                     push(@{$$users{st}{$student}},'future');
                 }
             }