--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/04/21 00:36:17	1.1307
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2016/05/30 02:45:43	1.1308
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1307 2016/04/21 00:36:17 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.1308 2016/05/30 02:45:43 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4646,9 +4646,10 @@ my %cachedtimes=();
 my $cachedtime='';
 
 sub load_all_first_access {
-    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    my ($uname,$udom,$ignorecache)=@_;
     if (($cachedkey eq $uname.':'.$udom) &&
-        (abs($cachedtime-time)<5) && (!$env{'form.markaccess'})) {
+        (abs($cachedtime-time)<5) && (!$env{'form.markaccess'}) &&
+        (!$ignorecache)) {
         return;
     }
     $cachedtime=time;
@@ -4657,7 +4658,7 @@ sub load_all_first_access {
 }
 
 sub get_first_access {
-    my ($type,$argsymb,$argmap)=@_;
+    my ($type,$argsymb,$argmap,$ignorecache)=@_;
     my ($symb,$courseid,$udom,$uname)=&whichuser();
     if ($argsymb) { $symb=$argsymb; }
     my ($map,$id,$res)=&decode_symb($symb);
@@ -4669,7 +4670,7 @@ sub get_first_access {
     } else {
 	$res=$symb;
     }
-    &load_all_first_access($uname,$udom);
+    &load_all_first_access($uname,$udom,$ignorecache);
     return $cachedtimes{"$courseid\0$res"};
 }
 
@@ -7518,8 +7519,8 @@ sub get_commblock_resources {
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    if ($interval[0] =~ /^\d+/) {
-                        my ($timelimit) = split(/_/,$interval[0]);
+                    if ($interval[0] =~ /^(\d+/)) {
+                        my $timelimit = $1; 
                         my $first_access;
                         if ($type eq 'resource') {
                             $first_access=&get_first_access($interval[1],$item);