1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/date.c b/date.c
index 5580c40ac0..8aca136396 100644
--- a/date.c
+++ b/date.c
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ const char *show_date(unsigned long time, int tz, const struct date_mode *mode)
 			tm->tm_hour, tm->tm_min, tm->tm_sec, tz);
 	else if (mode->type == DATE_STRFTIME)
 		strbuf_addftime(&timebuf, mode->strftime_fmt, tm, tz,
-				mode->local ? NULL : "");
+				!mode->local);
 	else
 		strbuf_addf(&timebuf, "%.3s %.3s %d %02d:%02d:%02d %d%c%+05d",
 				weekday_names[tm->tm_wday],