1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fsck.c b/fsck.c
index e6152e4e6..d589341cd 100644
--- a/fsck.c
+++ b/fsck.c
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ static int fsck_ident(const char **ident, struct object *obj, struct fsck_option
 	p++;
 	if (*p == '0' && p[1] != ' ')
 		return report(options, obj, FSCK_MSG_ZERO_PADDED_DATE, "invalid author/committer line - zero-padded date");
-	if (date_overflows(strtoul(p, &end, 10)))
+	if (date_overflows(parse_timestamp(p, &end, 10)))
 		return report(options, obj, FSCK_MSG_BAD_DATE_OVERFLOW, "invalid author/committer line - date causes integer overflow");
 	if ((end == p || *end != ' '))
 		return report(options, obj, FSCK_MSG_BAD_DATE, "invalid author/committer line - bad date");