diff --git a/t/getdate.t b/t/getdate.t
index 31b577b..82c5850 100644
--- a/t/getdate.t
+++ b/t/getdate.t
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ Jul 22 10:00:00 UTC 2002	     ;1027332000
 !;
 
 require Time::Local;
-my $offset = Time::Local::timegm(0,0,0,1,0,70);
+my $offset = Time::Local::timegm(0,0,0,1,0,1970);
 
 @data = split(/\n/, $data);