diff --git a/examples/streamer/helpers.cpp b/examples/streamer/helpers.cpp
index 36c76113c..7be76571e 100644
--- a/examples/streamer/helpers.cpp
+++ b/examples/streamer/helpers.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ int gettimeofday(struct timeval *tv, struct timezone *tz) {
 		x.LowPart = filetime.dwLowDateTime;
 		x.HighPart = filetime.dwHighDateTime;
 		usec = x.QuadPart / 10 - epoch_offset_us;
-		tv->tv_sec = time_t(usec / 1000000ULL);
+		tv->tv_sec = long(usec / 1000000ULL);
 		tv->tv_usec = long(usec % 1000000ULL);
 	}
 	if (tz) {