Merged r4378 from trunk.

git-svn-id: svn+ssh://rubyforge.org/var/svn/redmine/branches/1.0-stable@4398 e93f8b46-1217-0410-a6f0-8f06a7374b81

app/controllers/issues_controller.rb

@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ private
       render_error l(:error_no_tracker_in_project)
       return false
     end
+    @issue.start_date ||= Date.today
     if params[:issue].is_a?(Hash)
       @issue.safe_attributes = params[:issue]
       if User.current.allowed_to?(:add_issue_watchers, @project) && @issue.new_record?
@@ -307,7 +308,6 @@ private
       end
     end
     @issue.author = User.current
-    @issue.start_date ||= Date.today
     @priorities = IssuePriority.all
     @allowed_statuses = @issue.new_statuses_allowed_to(User.current, true)
   end