diff --git a/lib/private/template/functions.php b/lib/private/template/functions.php
index 858134dd8c6043532588fc4478dc90796e02d4fc..0aa2b27b96be5dde13d6663dd4d1b8a26d0e5e4d 100644
--- a/lib/private/template/functions.php
+++ b/lib/private/template/functions.php
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ function strip_time($timestamp){
  * @param bool $dateOnly whether to strip time information
  * @return formatted timestamp
  */
-function relative_modified_date($timestamp, $fromTime, $dateOnly = false) {
+function relative_modified_date($timestamp, $fromTime = null, $dateOnly = false) {
 	$l=OC_L10N::get('lib');
-	if (!isset($fromTime)){
+	if (!isset($fromTime) || $fromTime === null){
 		$fromTime = time();
 	}
 	if ($dateOnly){
diff --git a/lib/public/template.php b/lib/public/template.php
index 6349501272fb93e6323d2e91c3aadcc0d5c0bf88..8800f5c856ec01fa29951de8ad7e7c1e44c0c6fa 100644
--- a/lib/public/template.php
+++ b/lib/public/template.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function human_file_size( $bytes ) {
  * @param $timestamp unix timestamp
  * @returns human readable interpretation of the timestamp
  */
-function relative_modified_date($timestamp, $fromTime, $dateOnly = false) {
+function relative_modified_date($timestamp, $fromTime = null, $dateOnly = false) {
 	return(\relative_modified_date($timestamp, $fromTime, $dateOnly));
 }