1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERGeneralizedTime.java b/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERGeneralizedTime.java
index bb3b575..43e4673 100644
--- a/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERGeneralizedTime.java
+++ b/bcprov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/asn1/DERGeneralizedTime.java
@@ -36,6 +36,18 @@ public class DERGeneralizedTime
             return new ASN1GeneralizedTime(((DERGeneralizedTime)obj).time);
         }
 
+        if (obj instanceof byte[])
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                return (ASN1GeneralizedTime)fromByteArray((byte[])obj);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("encoding error in getInstance: " + e.toString());
+            }
+        }
+
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("illegal object in getInstance: " + obj.getClass().getName());
     }