diff --git a/common/wrappers/date.sh b/common/wrappers/date.sh
index 2baed65f59..89ea97f7ea 100644
--- a/common/wrappers/date.sh
+++ b/common/wrappers/date.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 if [ "$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH" ]; then
-	post="--date @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
+	post="--utc --date @$SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH"
 fi
-exec /usr/bin/date $@ $post
+exec /usr/bin/date "$@" $post