1 files changed, 29 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
index 7d4ed70ed9..4674c95bfe 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcdump.cpp
@@ -640,7 +640,8 @@ UniValue dumpwallet(const JSONRPCRequest& request)
 }
 
 
-UniValue processImport(const UniValue& data) {
+UniValue ProcessImport(const UniValue& data, const int64_t timestamp)
+{
     try {
         bool success = false;
 
@@ -659,7 +660,6 @@ UniValue processImport(const UniValue& data) {
         const bool& internal = data.exists("internal") ? data["internal"].get_bool() : false;
         const bool& watchOnly = data.exists("watchonly") ? data["watchonly"].get_bool() : false;
         const string& label = data.exists("label") && !internal ? data["label"].get_str() : "";
-        const int64_t& timestamp = data.exists("timestamp") && data["timestamp"].get_int64() > 1 ? data["timestamp"].get_int64() : 1;
 
         bool isScript = scriptPubKey.getType() == UniValue::VSTR;
         bool isP2SH = strRedeemScript.length() > 0;
@@ -958,6 +958,20 @@ UniValue processImport(const UniValue& data) {
     }
 }
 
+int64_t GetImportTimestamp(const UniValue& data, int64_t now)
+{
+    if (data.exists("timestamp")) {
+        const UniValue& timestamp = data["timestamp"];
+        if (timestamp.isNum()) {
+            return timestamp.get_int64();
+        } else if (timestamp.isStr() && timestamp.get_str() == "now") {
+            return now;
+        }
+        throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, strprintf("Expected number or \"now\" timestamp value for key. got type %s", uvTypeName(timestamp.type())));
+    }
+    throw JSONRPCError(RPC_TYPE_ERROR, "Missing required timestamp field for key");
+}
+
 UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
 {
     // clang-format off
@@ -970,13 +984,17 @@ UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
             "  [     (array of json objects)\n"
             "    {\n"
             "      \"scriptPubKey\": \"<script>\" | { \"address\":\"<address>\" }, (string / json, required) Type of scriptPubKey (string for script, json for address)\n"
+            "      \"timestamp\": timestamp | \"now\"                        , (integer / string, required) Creation time of the key in seconds since epoch (Jan 1 1970 GMT),\n"
+            "                                                              or the string \"now\" to substitute the current synced blockchain time. The timestamp of the oldest\n"
+            "                                                              key will determine how far back blockchain rescans need to begin for missing wallet transactions.\n"
+            "                                                              \"now\" can be specified to bypass scanning, for keys which are known to never have been used, and\n"
+            "                                                              0 can be specified to scan the entire blockchain.\n"
             "      \"redeemscript\": \"<script>\"                            , (string, optional) Allowed only if the scriptPubKey is a P2SH address or a P2SH scriptPubKey\n"
             "      \"pubkeys\": [\"<pubKey>\", ... ]                         , (array, optional) Array of strings giving pubkeys that must occur in the output or redeemscript\n"
             "      \"keys\": [\"<key>\", ... ]                               , (array, optional) Array of strings giving private keys whose corresponding public keys must occur in the output or redeemscript\n"
             "      \"internal\": <true>                                    , (boolean, optional, default: false) Stating whether matching outputs should be be treated as not incoming payments\n"
             "      \"watchonly\": <true>                                   , (boolean, optional, default: false) Stating whether matching outputs should be considered watched even when they're not spendable, only allowed if keys are empty\n"
             "      \"label\": <label>                                      , (string, optional, default: '') Label to assign to the address (aka account name, for now), only allowed with internal=false\n"
-            "      \"timestamp\": 1454686740,                                (integer, optional, default now) Timestamp\n"
             "    }\n"
             "  ,...\n"
             "  ]\n"
@@ -1015,6 +1033,12 @@ UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
     LOCK2(cs_main, pwalletMain->cs_wallet);
     EnsureWalletIsUnlocked();
 
+    // Verify all timestamps are present before importing any keys.
+    const int64_t now = chainActive.Tip() ? chainActive.Tip()->GetBlockTime() : 0;
+    for (const UniValue& data : requests.getValues()) {
+        GetImportTimestamp(data, now);
+    }
+
     bool fRunScan = false;
     const int64_t minimumTimestamp = 1;
     int64_t nLowestTimestamp = 0;
@@ -1028,7 +1052,8 @@ UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
     UniValue response(UniValue::VARR);
 
     BOOST_FOREACH (const UniValue& data, requests.getValues()) {
-        const UniValue result = processImport(data);
+        const int64_t timestamp = std::max(GetImportTimestamp(data, now), minimumTimestamp);
+        const UniValue result = ProcessImport(data, timestamp);
         response.push_back(result);
 
         if (!fRescan) {
@@ -1041,8 +1066,6 @@ UniValue importmulti(const JSONRPCRequest& mainRequest)
         }
 
         // Get the lowest timestamp.
-        const int64_t& timestamp = data.exists("timestamp") && data["timestamp"].get_int64() > minimumTimestamp ? data["timestamp"].get_int64() : minimumTimestamp;
-
         if (timestamp < nLowestTimestamp) {
             nLowestTimestamp = timestamp;
         }