1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 59b4b8f2a..ff3214d85 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -368,8 +368,8 @@ int date_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         }
 #endif
 
-#define        date_buf bb_common_bufsiz1
-#define sizeof_date_buf COMMON_BUFSIZE
+#define date_buf bb_common_bufsiz1
+        setup_common_bufsiz();
         if (*fmt_dt2str == '\0') {
                 /* With no format string, just print a blank line */
                 date_buf[0] = '\0';
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ int date_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                         fmt_dt2str = (char*)"%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M:%S";
                 }
                 /* Generate output string */
-                strftime(date_buf, sizeof_date_buf, fmt_dt2str, &tm_time);
+                strftime(date_buf, COMMON_BUFSIZE, fmt_dt2str, &tm_time);
         }
         puts(date_buf);