diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
index 506388119..4256a1184 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2005-11-18  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
+
+	* strptime.cc (_strptime): Fix gcc warnings.
+
 2005-11-18  Christopher Faylor  <cgf@timesys.com>
 
 	* memmem.cc: Move from here.
diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/libc/strptime.cc b/winsup/cygwin/libc/strptime.cc
index 007815ce5..e81cdd580 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/libc/strptime.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/libc/strptime.cc
@@ -311,6 +311,7 @@ label:
 
 		case 'A':
 		case 'a':
+			len = 0;
 			for (i = 0; i < asizeof(tptr->weekday); i++) {
 				len = strlen(tptr->weekday[i]);
 				if (strncasecmp(buf, tptr->weekday[i],
@@ -400,6 +401,7 @@ label:
 		case 'B':
 		case 'b':
 		case 'h':
+			len = 0;
 			for (i = 0; i < asizeof(tptr->month); i++) {
 				if (Oalternative) {
 					if (c == 'B') {