diff --git a/Source/script.cpp b/Source/script.cpp
index dc3df4bc..d216b575 100644
--- a/Source/script.cpp
+++ b/Source/script.cpp
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ void CEXEBuild::set_date_time_predefines()
   GetTimeFormat(LOCALE_USER_DEFAULT, 0, &stime, NULL, timebuf, sizeof(timebuf));
   definedlist.add("__TIME__",(char *)timebuf);
 #else
-  strftime(datebuf, sizeof(datebuf), "%x", ltime);
+  my_strftime(datebuf, sizeof(datebuf), "%x", ltime);
   definedlist.add("__DATE__",(char *)datebuf);
-  strftime(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%X", ltime);
+  my_strftime(timebuf, sizeof(timebuf), "%X", ltime);
   definedlist.add("__TIME__",(char *)timebuf);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/Source/util.cpp b/Source/util.cpp
index 92d3d10b..46dae61e 100644
--- a/Source/util.cpp
+++ b/Source/util.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "Platform.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <time.h>
 #include "exedata.h"
 #include "exehead/fileform.h"
 #include "util.h"
@@ -432,3 +433,7 @@ void operator delete(void *p) {
 void operator delete [](void *p) {
   if (p) free(p);
 }
+
+size_t my_strftime(char *s, size_t max, const char  *fmt, const struct tm *tm) {
+  return strftime(s, max, fmt, tm);
+}
diff --git a/Source/util.h b/Source/util.h
index 1d92af36..6cc136a6 100644
--- a/Source/util.h
+++ b/Source/util.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ int generate_unicons_offsets(unsigned char* exeHeader, unsigned char* uninstIcon
 // returns the number of WCHARs in str including null charcter
 int WCStrLen(const WCHAR* szwStr);
 
+size_t my_strftime(char *s, size_t max, const char  *fmt, const struct tm *tm);
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
 char *CharPrev(const char *s, const char *p);
 char *CharNext(const char *s);