diff -rc Template-Toolkit-2.20-orig/lib/Template/Provider.pm Template-Toolkit-2.20/lib/Template/Provider.pm
*** Template-Toolkit-2.20-orig/lib/Template/Provider.pm	2008-08-06 11:32:02.000000000 +0200
--- Template-Toolkit-2.20/lib/Template/Provider.pm	2008-11-28 16:37:36.000000000 +0100
***************
*** 936,942 ****
  sub _template_modified {
      my $self = shift;
      my $template = shift || return;
!     return (stat( $template ))[9];
  }
  
  #------------------------------------------------------------------------
--- 936,945 ----
  sub _template_modified {
      my $self = shift;
      my $template = shift || return;
!     # Nix specific hack: timestamps of 0 (1-1-1970) should not be
!     # treated as undefined, so return 1 instead.
!     my $t = (stat( $template ))[9]; 
!     return (defined $t && $t == 0) ? 1 : $t;
  }
  
  #------------------------------------------------------------------------