diff --git a/parsing.c b/parsing.c
index e8c7ab9..5093b8b 100644
--- a/parsing.c
+++ b/parsing.c
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		p = t;
 		t = strchr(t, '>') + 1;
 		ret->author_email = substr(p, t);
-		ret->author_date = atol(++t);
+		ret->author_date = atol(t+1);
 		p = strchr(t, '\n') + 1;
 	}
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct commitinfo *cgit_parse_commit(struct commit *commit)
 		p = t;
 		t = strchr(t, '>') + 1;
 		ret->committer_email = substr(p, t);
-		ret->committer_date = atol(++t);
+		ret->committer_date = atol(t+1);
 		p = strchr(t, '\n') + 1;
 	}
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ struct taginfo *cgit_parse_tag(struct tag *tag)
 			p = t;
 			t = strchr(t, '>') + 1;
 			ret->tagger_email = substr(p, t);
-			ret->tagger_date = atol(++t);
+			ret->tagger_date = atol(t+1);
 		}
 		p = strchr(p, '\n') + 1;
 	}
diff --git a/ui-shared.c b/ui-shared.c
index be2c75d..3e13c86 100644
--- a/ui-shared.c
+++ b/ui-shared.c
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ void cgit_print_date(time_t secs, char *format)
 	char buf[64];
 	struct tm *time;
 
+	if (!secs)
+		return;
 	time = gmtime(&secs);
 	strftime(buf, sizeof(buf)-1, format, time);
 	html_txt(buf);
@@ -313,6 +315,8 @@ void cgit_print_age(time_t t, time_t max_relative, char *format)
 {
 	time_t now, secs;
 
+	if (!t)
+		return;
 	time(&now);
 	secs = now - t;