diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 442568ccb7..01ff12dec6 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-07-30 06:48 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  * source/common/hbdate.c
+    ! Fixed typos in last modif.
+
 2009-07-30 06:35 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * source/common/hbdate.c
     ! Fixed for some systems where tm->tm_gmtoff isn't available.
diff --git a/harbour/source/common/hbdate.c b/harbour/source/common/hbdate.c
index 5528158ed3..7696674d36 100644
--- a/harbour/source/common/hbdate.c
+++ b/harbour/source/common/hbdate.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ long hb_timeUTCOffset( void ) /* in seconds */
 #  endif
       local = mktime( timeinfo );
 
-      return utc - local - ( timeinfo->tm_isdst ? 1 : 0 );
+      return difftime( local, utc ) + ( timeinfo->tm_isdst ? 3600 : 0 );
    }
 #endif
 }