Index: trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/Age.java
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--- trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/Age.java	(revision 10862)
+++ trunk/src/com/drew/metadata/Age.java	(revision 13061)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2016 Drew Noakes
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 Drew Noakes
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -51,7 +51,4 @@
     public static Age fromPanasonicString(@NotNull String s)
     {
-        if (s == null)
-            throw new NullPointerException();
-
         if (s.length() != 19 || s.startsWith("9999:99:99"))
             return null;
@@ -143,5 +140,5 @@
 
     @Override
-    public boolean equals(Object o)
+    public boolean equals(@Nullable Object o)
     {
         if (this == o) return true;