diff --git a/bin/date/vary.c b/bin/date/vary.c
index 4e46d1b2f6c..7fba4221116 100644
--- a/bin/date/vary.c
+++ b/bin/date/vary.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ adjwday(struct tm *t, char type, int val, int istext, int mk)
           val -= t->tm_wday;           /* later this week */
       else
         val *= 7;                      /* "-v+5w" == "5 weeks in the future" */
-      return !val || adjday(t, '+', val, 0);
+      return !val || adjday(t, '+', val, mk);
     case '-':
       if (istext) {
         if (val > t->tm_wday)
@@ -266,14 +266,14 @@ adjwday(struct tm *t, char type, int val, int istext, int mk)
           val = t->tm_wday - val;      /* early this week */
       } else
         val *= 7;                      /* "-v-5w" == "5 weeks ago" */
-      return !val || adjday(t, '-', val, 0);
+      return !val || adjday(t, '-', val, mk);
     default:
       if (val < t->tm_wday)
-        return adjday(t, '-', t->tm_wday - val, 0);
+        return adjday(t, '-', t->tm_wday - val, mk);
       else if (val > 6)
         return 0;
       else if (val > t->tm_wday)
-        return adjday(t, '+', val - t->tm_wday, 0);
+        return adjday(t, '+', val - t->tm_wday, mk);
   }
   return 1;
 }