1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/touch.c b/coreutils/touch.c
index 352177111..6c2b948e6 100644
--- a/coreutils/touch.c
+++ b/coreutils/touch.c
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ int touch_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
                 struct tm tm_time;
                 time_t t;
 
-                //time(&t);
-                //localtime_r(&t, &tm_time);
-                memset(&tm_time, 0, sizeof(tm_time));
+                //memset(&tm_time, 0, sizeof(tm_time));
+                /* Better than memset: makes "HH:MM" dates meaningful */
+                time(&t);
+                localtime_r(&t, &tm_time);
                 parse_datestr(date_str, &tm_time);
 
                 /* Correct any day of week and day of year etc. fields */