diff --git a/vfs/ChangeLog b/vfs/ChangeLog
index 114ab4618..fc1111bee 100644
--- a/vfs/ChangeLog
+++ b/vfs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2001-02-14  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* vfs.c (vfs_parse_filedate): Don't reset got_year to 0 while
+	checking for ctime() format.
+	From Peter Daum.
+
 2001-02-11  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* extfs/mailfs (parse_date): Workaround for Y2K bugs. Support
diff --git a/vfs/vfs.c b/vfs/vfs.c
index 7862714f1..1a85e0c8e 100644
--- a/vfs/vfs.c
+++ b/vfs/vfs.c
@@ -1583,7 +1583,7 @@ int vfs_parse_filedate(int idx, time_t *t)
 
 	/* This is a special case for ctime() or Mon DD YYYY hh:mm */
 	if(is_num (idx) && (columns[idx+1][0]) &&
-	    ((got_year = is_year(columns[idx], &tim)) || is_time(columns[idx], &tim)))
+	    ((got_year |= is_year(columns[idx], &tim)) || is_time(columns[idx], &tim)))
 		idx++; /* time & year or reverse */
 	} /* only time or date */
     }