From df6ff40651d4521105f687f32c4b04f78e5a861f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ardjan Dommisse <ardjan@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 12:10:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Containers in the Created state now respect the
 GRACE_PERIOD_SECONDS

---
 docker-gc | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docker-gc b/docker-gc
index 28a0183..3227393 100755
--- a/docker-gc
+++ b/docker-gc
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ container_log "Container not running" containers.exited
 > containers.reap.tmp
 cat containers.exited | while read line
 do
-    EXITED=$(${DOCKER} inspect -f "{{json .State.FinishedAt}}" ${line})
-    ELAPSED=$(elapsed_time $EXITED)
+    # The .Created timestamp only exists for ontainers in the Created State. 
+    # The .State.FinishedAt is invalid for containers in the Created State.
+    IFS=' ' read  FINISHED_AT CREATED <<< $(${DOCKER} inspect -f "{{json .State.FinishedAt}} {{json .Created}}" ${line})
+    ELAPSED=$(elapsed_time ${CREATED:-$FINISHED_AT})
     if [[ $ELAPSED -gt $GRACE_PERIOD_SECONDS ]]; then
         echo $line >> containers.reap.tmp
     fi