1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index 7965775fe..ff3214d85 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
 //usage:       "Wed Apr 12 18:52:41 MDT 2000\n"
 
 #include "libbb.h"
+#include "common_bufsiz.h"
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_DATE_NANO
 # include <sys/syscall.h>
 #endif
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ int date_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 #endif
 
 #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';
@@ -377,7 +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);