diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e8c9698d56..3f852e5d96 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2005-08-15  David Hampton  <hampton@employees.org>
+
+	* src/engine/Query.c: Todd T. Fries patch for compilation on
+	OpenBSD 64bit architectures.
+
 2005-08-15  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* src/business/business-core/business-core.scm:  need to
diff --git a/src/engine/Query.c b/src/engine/Query.c
index 204b4d5b18..f54f5cc452 100644
--- a/src/engine/Query.c
+++ b/src/engine/Query.c
@@ -547,12 +547,15 @@ xaccQueryGetEarliestDateFound(Query * q)
 {
   GList * spl;
   Split * sp;
-  time_t earliest = LONG_MAX;
+  time_t earliest;
 
   if (!q) return 0;
   spl = qof_query_last_run (q);
   if (!spl) return 0;
 
+   /* Safe until 2038 on archs where time_t is 32bit */ 
+   sp = spl->data; 
+   earliest = (time_t) sp->parent->date_posted.tv_sec; 
   for(; spl; spl=spl->next) {
     sp = spl->data;
     if(sp->parent->date_posted.tv_sec < earliest) {