diff --git a/lib/getdate.c.cvs b/lib/getdate.c.cvs
index 48dff2329bada679c87b1bd661c4a81548a61b5c..8607df3dbcce3990e6f32098a2140a6a59368a20 100644
--- a/lib/getdate.c.cvs
+++ b/lib/getdate.c.cvs
@@ -1764,6 +1764,7 @@ ToHour (Hours, Meridian)
       abort ();
     }
   /* NOTREACHED - but make gcc happy! */
+  return -1;
 }
 
 static int