Index: trunk/FACT++/scripts/Observation_class.js
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--- trunk/FACT++/scripts/Observation_class.js	(revision 15296)
+++ trunk/FACT++/scripts/Observation_class.js	(revision 15352)
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 
     // FIXME: Check transisiton from summer- and winter-time!!
-    var utc = new Date(obj.date);
+    var utc = obj.date.toString().toUpperCase()=="NOW" ? new Date() : new Date(obj.date);
     if (isNaN(utc.valueOf()))
-        throw new Error(obj.date+' is not a valid Date String.'+
-                        ' Try something like "2013-01-08 23:05 UTC" .');
+        throw new Error('"'+obj.date+'" not a valid Date... try something like "2013-01-08 23:05 UTC".');
     ret.start = utc;
     ret.id    = obj.id;