diff --git a/lib/utils/mu-utils.cc b/lib/utils/mu-utils.cc
index d3fea3f6..ab1a999d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/mu-utils.cc
+++ b/lib/utils/mu-utils.cc
@@ -489,11 +489,11 @@ Mu::parse_date_time(const std::string& dstr, bool is_first, bool utc)
 {
 	struct tm tbuf{};
 	GDateTime *dtime{};
-	::time_t t;
+	gint64 t;
 
 	/* one-sided dates */
 	if (dstr.empty())
-		return is_first ? 0 : G_MAXINT64;
+		return is_first ? 0 : TIME_MAX;
 	else if (dstr == "today" || dstr == "now")
 		return special_date_time(dstr, is_first);
 	else if (dstr.find_first_of("ymdwhMs") != std::string::npos)
@@ -531,7 +531,12 @@ Mu::parse_date_time(const std::string& dstr, bool is_first, bool utc)
 	t = g_date_time_to_unix(dtime);
 	g_date_time_unref(dtime);
 
-	return std::max<::time_t>(t, 0);
+	if (t > TIME_MAX)
+		t = TIME_MAX;
+	if (t < TIME_MIN)
+		t = TIME_MIN;
+
+	return std::max<gint64>(t, 0);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh b/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh
index cef84b4f..6cd02ebb 100644
--- a/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh
+++ b/lib/utils/mu-utils.hh
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
 
 namespace Mu {
 
+constexpr const auto TIME_MIN = sizeof(::time_t) == 8 ? G_MININT64 : G_MININT32;
+constexpr const auto TIME_MAX = sizeof(::time_t) == 8 ? G_MAXINT64 : G_MAXINT32;
+
 /*
  * Separator characters used in various places; importantly,
  * they are not used in UTF-8
diff --git a/lib/utils/tests/test-utils.cc b/lib/utils/tests/test-utils.cc
index 993c875c..c52184de 100644
--- a/lib/utils/tests/test-utils.cc
+++ b/lib/utils/tests/test-utils.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test_date_basic()
 	}
 
 	g_setenv("TZ", hki, TRUE);
-	std::vector<std::tuple<const char*, bool/*is_first*/, int64_t>> cases = {{
+	std::vector<std::tuple<const char*, bool/*is_first*/, ::time_t>> cases = {{
 			{"2015-09-18T09:10:23", true, 1442556623},
 			{"1972-12-14T09:10:23", true, 93165023},
 			{"1972-12-14T09:10", true,    93165000},
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ test_date_basic()
 
 			// {"fnorb", true,  -1},
 			// {"fnorb", false, -1},
-			{"", false, G_MAXINT64},
+			{"", false, TIME_MAX},
 			{"", true, 0}
 		}};