last: fix ctime(ptr) ptr type mismatch

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/last_fancy.c b/miscutils/last_fancy.c
index 8e63e5c3d..b4ae5740c 100644
--- a/miscutils/last_fancy.c
+++ b/miscutils/last_fancy.c
@@ -48,8 +48,12 @@ static void show_entry(struct utmp *ut, int state, time_t dur_secs)
         char logout_time[8];
         const char *logout_str;
         const char *duration_str;
+        time_t tmp;
 
-        safe_strncpy(login_time, ctime(&(ut->ut_tv.tv_sec)), 17);
+        /* manpages say ut_tv.tv_sec *is* time_t,
+         * but some systems have it wrong */
+        tmp = ut->ut_tv.tv_sec;
+        safe_strncpy(login_time, ctime(&tmp), 17);
         snprintf(logout_time, 8, "- %s", ctime(&dur_secs) + 11);
 
         dur_secs = MAX(dur_secs - (time_t)ut->ut_tv.tv_sec, (time_t)0);