1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/date.c b/coreutils/date.c
index b6fc6c686..e0f0f3129 100644
--- a/coreutils/date.c
+++ b/coreutils/date.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ int date_main(int argc, char **argv)
         char *date_str = NULL;
         char *date_fmt = NULL;
         char *t_buff;
-        char c;
+        int c;
         int set_time = 0;
         int rfc822 = 0;
         int utc = 0;