diff --git a/bin/date/date.1 b/bin/date/date.1
index 29cde37ca90..62d28a7df0a 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.1
+++ b/bin/date/date.1
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 .\" SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd May 2, 2024
+.Dd September 10, 2024
 .Dt DATE 1
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -538,8 +538,11 @@ Finally the command
 .Pp
 .Dl "TZ=America/Los_Angeles date -z Europe/Paris -j 0900"
 .Pp
-will print the time in the "Europe/Paris" timezone when it is 9:00 in The
-America/Los_Angeles timezone.
+will print the time in the
+.Dq Europe/Paris
+timezone when it is 9:00 in the
+.Dq America/Los_Angeles
+timezone.
 .Sh DIAGNOSTICS
 It is invalid to combine the
 .Fl I
diff --git a/bin/date/date.c b/bin/date/date.c
index 6b6e1f69cab..d32993dc1ed 100644
--- a/bin/date/date.c
+++ b/bin/date/date.c
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ strftime_ns(char * __restrict s, size_t maxsize, const char * __restrict format,
 	bool seen_percent;
 
 	seen_percent = false;
-	if (asprintf(&newformat, "%s", format) < 0)
-		err(1, "asprintf");
+	if ((newformat = strdup(format)) == NULL)
+		err(1, "strdup");
 	tok = newformat;
 	for (tok = newformat; *tok != '\0'; tok++) {
 		switch (*tok) {
@@ -418,9 +418,9 @@ strftime_ns(char * __restrict s, size_t maxsize, const char * __restrict format,
 				suffix = tok + 1;
 				/*
 				 * Construct a new format string from the
-				 * prefix (i.e., the part of the old fromat
+				 * prefix (i.e., the part of the old format
 				 * from its beginning to the currently handled
-				 * "%N" conversion specification, the
+				 * "%N" conversion specification), the
 				 * nanoseconds, and the suffix (i.e., the part
 				 * of the old format from the next token to the
 				 * end).