*** old_backfill.php    2012-12-12 05:34:45.910171452 -0500
--- backfill.php        2012-12-11 17:13:44.038893463 -0500
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*** 223,232 ****

                while($this->daysOld($dateofnextone) < $days)  //match on days not timestamp to speed things up
                {
                        while(($tmpDate = $this->postdate($nntp,($upperbound-$interval),$pddebug))>$goaldate)
                        {
!                               $upperbound = $upperbound - $interval;
                                if($debug) echo "New upperbound ($upperbound) is ".$this->daysOld($tmpDate)." days old. $n";
                        }
                        if(!$templowered)
                        {
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                while($this->daysOld($dateofnextone) < $days)  //match on days not timestamp to speed things up
                {
+                       $nskip = 1;
                        while(($tmpDate = $this->postdate($nntp,($upperbound-$interval),$pddebug))>$goaldate)
                        {
!                               $upperbound = $upperbound - $interval - ($nskip - 1);
                                if($debug) echo "New upperbound ($upperbound) is ".$this->daysOld($tmpDate)." days old. $n";
+                               $nskip = $nskip * 2;
                        }
                        if(!$templowered)
                        {
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                        $dateofnextone = $this->postdate($nntp,($upperbound-1),$pddebug);

                        //TODO:fix here to stop getting stuck with no valid next date
                        while(!$dateofnextone)
!                       {  $dateofnextone = $this->postdate($nntp,($upperbound-1),$pddebug); }
                }
                echo "Determined to be article $upperbound which is ".$this->daysOld($dateofnextone)." days old (".date("r", $dateofnextone).") $n";
                return $upperbound;
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                        $dateofnextone = $this->postdate($nntp,($upperbound-1),$pddebug);

                        //TODO:fix here to stop getting stuck with no valid next date
+                       $skip = 1;
                        while(!$dateofnextone)
!                       {
!                               $upperbound = $upperbound - $skip;
!                               $skip = $skip * 2;
!                               if($debug) echo "Getting next article date... $upperbound\n";
!                               $dateofnextone = $this->postdate($nntp,($upperbound-1),$pddebug);
!                       }
                }
                echo "Determined to be article $upperbound which is ".$this->daysOld($dateofnextone)." days old (".date("r", $dateofnextone).") $n";
                return $upperbound;