diff --git a/scripts/portable_date.sh b/scripts/portable_date.sh
index 244f545a257a6c1a426b7e6b56c617d65129fd2e..84b56382e0af941a9b2b8e73457839d4600d9341 100755
--- a/scripts/portable_date.sh
+++ b/scripts/portable_date.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ case $(uname) in
 		date -j -f "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %z" "$1" "$2" 2>/dev/null
 		;;
 	*)
-		date -d "@$1" "$2"
+		date -d "$1" "$2"
 esac
 
 exit $?