diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index dd2dc9b2cca..eec8bf9bb46 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-10-30  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
+
+	* include/bits/locale_facets.tcc (time_get::_M_extract_via_format):
+	__mod is only assigned, never used its value, remove it.
+
 2003-10-29  Paolo Carlini  <pcarlini@suse.de>
 
 	* include/bits/locale_facets.tcc (time_get::do_get_year):
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
index c827ba322e0..8dd98efe068 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/include/bits/locale_facets.tcc
@@ -1544,13 +1544,9 @@ namespace std
 	    {
 	      // Verify valid formatting code, attempt to extract.
 	      __c = __format[++__i];
-	      char __mod = 0;
 	      int __mem = 0; 
 	      if (__c == 'E' || __c == 'O')
-		{
-		  __mod = __c;
-		  __c = __format[++__i];
-		}
+		__c = __format[++__i];
 	      switch (__c)
 		{
 		  const char* __cs;