fix for MDL-11063 - thanks to Wen for the patch. merged from head.

lang/en_utf8/choice.php

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ $string['choicetext'] = 'Choice text';
 $string['displayhorizontal'] = 'Display horizontally';
 $string['displaymode'] = 'Display Mode';
 $string['displayvertical'] = 'Display vertically';
+$string['expired'] = 'Sorry, this activity closed on $a and is no longer available';
 $string['fillinatleastoneoption'] = 'You need to provide at least two possible answers.';
 $string['full'] = '(Full)';
 $string['havetologin'] = 'You have to log in before you can submit your choice';

mod/choice/view.php

@@ -87,10 +87,17 @@ if ($action == 'delchoice') {
 
 /// Print the form
 
-    if ($choice->timeopen > time() ) {
-        print_simple_box(get_string("notopenyet", "choice", userdate($choice->timeopen)), "center");
-        print_footer($course);
-        exit;
+    $timenow = time();
+    if ($choice->timeclose !=0) {
+        if ($choice->timeopen > $timenow ) {
+            print_simple_box(get_string("notopenyet", "choice", userdate($choice->timeopen)), "center");
+            print_footer($course);
+            exit;
+        } else if ($timenow > $choice->timeclose) {
+            print_simple_box(get_string("expired", "choice", userdate($choice->timeclose)), "center");
+            print_footer($course);
+            exit;
+        }
     }
 
     if ( (!$current or $choice->allowupdate) and