--- apps/app_sayunixtime.c.orig	2003-11-20 13:36:57.000000000 -0600
+++ apps/app_sayunixtime.c	2003-11-20 13:36:32.000000000 -0600
@@ -82,6 +82,10 @@
 		}
 	}
 
+        if (chan->_state != AST_STATE_UP) {
+                res = ast_answer(chan); /* Answer the channel if it wasn't already answered */
+        }
+
 	res = ast_say_date_with_format(chan, unixtime, AST_DIGIT_ANY, chan->language, format, zone);
 
 	LOCAL_USER_REMOVE(u);