diff --git a/server/datedetector.py b/server/datedetector.py
index d31667fb..7876580d 100644
--- a/server/datedetector.py
+++ b/server/datedetector.py
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ class DateDetector:
 		if date == None:
 			return None
 		else:
-			return time.mktime(date)
+			return time.mktime(tuple(date))
 
 	##
 	# Sort the template lists using the hits score. This method is not called
diff --git a/server/datetemplate.py b/server/datetemplate.py
index f663862e..14076030 100644
--- a/server/datetemplate.py
+++ b/server/datetemplate.py
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ class DateStrptime(DateTemplate):
 				# Bug fix for #1241756
 				# If the date is greater than the current time, we suppose
 				# that the log is not from this year but from the year before
-				if time.mktime(date) > MyTime.time():
+				if time.mktime(tuple(date)) > MyTime.time():
 					logSys.debug(
-						u"Correcting deduced year from %d to %d since %f > %f" %
-						(date[0], date[0]-1, time.mktime(date), MyTime.time()))
+						"Correcting deduced year from %d to %d since %f > %f" %
+						(date[0], date[0]-1, time.mktime(tuple(date)), MyTime.time()))
 					date[0] -= 1
 				elif date[1] == 1 and date[2] == 1:
 					# If it is Jan 1st, it is either really Jan 1st or there