diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 5840e54ec13..d90f01f0d97 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2004-01-28  Jeroen Frijters  <jeroen@frijters.net>
+
+	PR libgcj/19649
+	* java/util/Date.java
+	(Date(int,int,int), Date(int,int,int,int,int)): Delegate to other
+	constructor.
+	(Date(int,int,int,int,int,int)): Fixed to handle out-of-range
+	arguments.
+	(getTimezoneOffset): Inverted sign.
+
 2005-01-26  Ranjit Mathew  <rmathew@hotmail.com>
 
 	* testsuite/libjava.jacks/jacks.xfail: Update for PR java/19070,
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/Date.java b/libjava/java/util/Date.java
index f2700e48873..4a96ff03d5a 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/Date.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/Date.java
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public class Date
    */
   public Date(int year, int month, int day)
   {
-    time = new GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, day).getTimeInMillis();
+    this(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -176,9 +176,7 @@ public class Date
    */
   public Date(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int min)
   {
-    time =
-      new GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, day, hour,
-			    min).getTimeInMillis();
+    this(year, month, day, hour, min, 0);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -197,9 +195,9 @@ public class Date
    */
   public Date(int year, int month, int day, int hour, int min, int sec)
   {
-    time =
-      new GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, day, hour, min,
-			    sec).getTimeInMillis();
+    GregorianCalendar cal =
+	new GregorianCalendar(year + 1900, month, day, hour, min, sec);
+    time = cal.getTimeInMillis();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -288,7 +286,7 @@ public class Date
   {
     Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
     cal.setTimeInMillis(time);
-    return (cal.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET)
+    return - (cal.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET)
 	    + cal.get(Calendar.DST_OFFSET)) / (60 * 1000);
   }