diff --git a/src/addons/addon.cpp b/src/addons/addon.cpp
index 43bb9ce16..bd6f89c6d 100644
--- a/src/addons/addon.cpp
+++ b/src/addons/addon.cpp
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ void Addon::writeXML(std::ofstream *out_stream)
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 std::string Addon::getDateAsString() const
-{    
-    const struct tm *t = gmtime((time_t*)&m_date);
+{
+    const struct tm *t = gmtime(&m_date);
     char s[16];
     strftime(s, 128, "%d.%m.%Y", t);
     return s;
diff --git a/src/utils/time.hpp b/src/utils/time.hpp
index 729a67e3d..f457fd224 100644
--- a/src/utils/time.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/time.hpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
 #ifdef WIN32
     typedef unsigned __int64 TimeType;
 #else
-    typedef uint_least64_t   TimeType;
+    typedef time_t   TimeType;
 #endif
 
     static TimeType getTimeSinceEpoch()