From 42ebb0a0a6b04023e5ac1918dafe075247d37edb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alexander Neumann <alexander@bumpern.de>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2018 18:41:44 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] backup: Parse timestamp earlier

---
 cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go | 16 ++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
index 487d8d587..dc84ed280 100644
--- a/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
+++ b/cmd/restic/cmd_backup.go
@@ -336,6 +336,14 @@ func runBackup(opts BackupOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, term *termstatus.Termina
 		return err
 	}
 
+	timeStamp := time.Now()
+	if opts.TimeStamp != "" {
+		timeStamp, err = time.Parse(TimeFormat, opts.TimeStamp)
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Fatalf("error in time option: %v\n", err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	var t tomb.Tomb
 
 	p := ui.NewBackup(term, gopts.verbosity)
@@ -402,14 +410,6 @@ func runBackup(opts BackupOptions, gopts GlobalOptions, term *termstatus.Termina
 		return true
 	}
 
-	timeStamp := time.Now()
-	if opts.TimeStamp != "" {
-		timeStamp, err = time.Parse(TimeFormat, opts.TimeStamp)
-		if err != nil {
-			return errors.Fatalf("error in time option: %v\n", err)
-		}
-	}
-
 	var targetFS fs.FS = fs.Local{}
 	if opts.Stdin {
 		p.V("read data from stdin")