Connecting to the database may help, but I'm guessing this function isn't used if...

diff --git a/includes/Revision.php b/includes/Revision.php
index 49fc32f..75a81fe 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/Revision.php
+++ b/includes/Revision.php
@@ -802,6 +802,7 @@ class Revision {
         * @param integer $id
         */
        static function getTimestampFromID( $id ) {
+               $dbr =& wfGetDB( DB_SLAVE );
                $timestamp = $dbr->selectField( 'revision', 'rev_timestamp', 
                        array( 'rev_id' => $id ), __METHOD__ );
                if ( $timestamp === false ) {