2 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.c b/lib/libalpm/util.c
index 4cb31a8a..9bbac43b 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.c
@@ -1099,7 +1099,7 @@ off_t _alpm_strtoofft(const char *line)
 	return (off_t)result;
 }
 
-long _alpm_parsedate(const char *line)
+time_t _alpm_parsedate(const char *line)
 {
 	if(isalpha((unsigned char)line[0])) {
 		/* initialize to null in case of failure */
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ long _alpm_parsedate(const char *line)
 		setlocale(LC_TIME, "");
 		return mktime(&tmp_tm);
 	}
-	return atol(line);
+	return (time_t)atol(line);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/lib/libalpm/util.h b/lib/libalpm/util.h
index c5544a04..2a2d3a93 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/util.h
+++ b/lib/libalpm/util.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int _alpm_splitname(const char *target, char **name, char **version,
 		unsigned long *name_hash);
 unsigned long _alpm_hash_sdbm(const char *str);
 off_t _alpm_strtoofft(const char *line);
-long _alpm_parsedate(const char *line);
+time_t _alpm_parsedate(const char *line);
 int _alpm_raw_cmp(const char *first, const char *second);
 int _alpm_raw_ncmp(const char *first, const char *second, size_t max);
 int _alpm_access(alpm_handle_t *handle, const char *dir, const char *file, int amode);