1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 8e584cecc..9e8e3f3eb 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -273,6 +273,5 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
         strftime(t_buff, 200, date_fmt, &tm_time);
         printf("%s\n", t_buff);
 
-        exit(TRUE);
-
+        return(TRUE);
 }