diff -r 07e827917960 -r 852014ae74a0 libpurple/log.c
--- a/libpurple/log.c	Thu Jan 16 13:02:42 2014 +0100
+++ b/libpurple/log.c	Sat Jan 18 09:01:20 2014 -0800
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@
 {
 	gboolean show_date;
 	char *date;
-	struct tm tm;
+	struct tm *tm;
 
 	show_date = (log->type == PURPLE_LOG_SYSTEM) || (time(NULL) > when + 20*60);
 
@@ -763,11 +763,11 @@
 	if (date != NULL)
 		return date;
 
-	tm = *(localtime(&when));
+	tm = localtime(&when);
 	if (show_date)
-		return g_strdup(purple_date_format_long(&tm));
+		return g_strdup(purple_date_format_long(tm));
 	else
-		return g_strdup(purple_time_format(&tm));
+		return g_strdup(purple_time_format(tm));
 }
 
 /* NOTE: This can return msg (which you may or may not want to g_free())