diff --git a/gtkedit/ChangeLog b/gtkedit/ChangeLog
index b6cd44a5a..900c49d0b 100644
--- a/gtkedit/ChangeLog
+++ b/gtkedit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-06-15  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
+
+	* edit.c (edit_execute_cmd): Put time format to a variable to
+	avoid gcc warning about Y2K issues with %c in strftime().
+
 2001-06-14  Pavel Roskin  <proski@gnu.org>
 
 	* edit.c: Declare cmd_F* static. Comment out cmd_F9.
diff --git a/gtkedit/edit.c b/gtkedit/edit.c
index cc3370334..0ab8a6b77 100644
--- a/gtkedit/edit.c
+++ b/gtkedit/edit.c
@@ -2570,10 +2570,11 @@ int edit_execute_cmd (WEdit * edit, int command, int char_for_insertion)
 	    time_t t;
 #ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
 	    char s[1024];
+	    static const char time_format[] = "%c";
 #endif
 	    time (&t);
 #ifdef HAVE_STRFTIME
-	    strftime (s, sizeof (s), "%c", localtime (&t));
+	    strftime (s, sizeof (s), time_format, localtime (&t));
 	    edit_printf (edit, s);
 #else
 	    edit_printf (edit, ctime (&t));