1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
index 01acc3f785..c4ccf4303f 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/cvs.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class Cvs(Fetch):
         if 'norecurse' in ud.parm:
             options.append("-l")
         if ud.date:
-            options.append("-D %s" % ud.date)
+            options.append("-D \"%s UTC\"" % ud.date)
         if ud.tag:
             options.append("-r %s" % ud.tag)