diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 55f1c73e5b0..32ae0d89dc1 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-02-20  Cary Coutant  <ccoutant@google.com>
+
+	* vmsutil.c (vms_file_stats_name): Fix incorrect use of st_mtime
+	in struct stat.
+
 2009-18-02  Dave Korn  <dave.korn.cygwin@gmail.com>
 
 	PR gas/7059
diff --git a/bfd/vmsutil.c b/bfd/vmsutil.c
index 83c4609df41..ff4383a86e2 100644
--- a/bfd/vmsutil.c
+++ b/bfd/vmsutil.c
@@ -237,16 +237,13 @@ vms_file_stats_name (const char *filename,
   return 0;
 #else
   struct stat buff;
-  struct tm *ts;
 
   if ((stat (filename, &buff)) != 0)
      return 1;
 
   if (cdt)
     {
-      ts = localtime (&buff.st_mtime);
-      *cdt = (long long) ((buff.st_mtim.tv_sec * VMS_GRANULARITY_FACTOR)
-                          + (buff.st_mtim.tv_nsec / 100))
+      *cdt = (long long) (buff.st_mtime * VMS_GRANULARITY_FACTOR)
                          + VMS_EPOCH_OFFSET;
     }