diff --git a/usr.bin/touch/touch.c b/usr.bin/touch/touch.c
--- a/usr.bin/touch/touch.c
+++ b/usr.bin/touch/touch.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
 	}
 
 	yearset = 0;
-	switch(strlen(arg)) {
+	switch (strlen(arg)) {
 	case 12:			/* CCYYMMDDhhmm */
 		t->tm_year = ATOI2(arg);
 		t->tm_year *= 100;
@@ -263,15 +263,17 @@
 	}
 
 	t->tm_isdst = -1;		/* Figure out DST. */
+	t->tm_yday = -1;
 	tvp[0].tv_sec = tvp[1].tv_sec = mktime(t);
-	if (tvp[0].tv_sec == -1)
+	if (t->tm_yday == -1)
 		goto terr;
 
 	tvp[0].tv_nsec = tvp[1].tv_nsec = 0;
 	return;
 
 terr:
-	errx(1, "out of range or illegal time specification: [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]");
+	errx(1, "out of range or illegal time specification: "
+	    "[[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.SS]");
 }
 
 static void
@@ -296,10 +298,11 @@
 	}
 
 	t->tm_isdst = -1;		/* Figure out DST. */
+	t->tm_yday = -1;
 	tvp[0].tv_sec = tvp[1].tv_sec = mktime(t);
-	if (tvp[0].tv_sec == -1)
-		errx(1,
-	"out of range or illegal time specification: MMDDhhmm[yy]");
+	if (t->tm_yday == -1)
+		errx(1, "out of range or illegal time specification: "
+		    "MMDDhhmm[yy]");
 
 	tvp[0].tv_nsec = tvp[1].tv_nsec = 0;
 }
@@ -339,13 +342,17 @@
 	if (*p != '\0')
 		goto bad;
 
+	t.tm_yday = -1;
 	tvp[0].tv_sec = isutc ? timegm(&t) : mktime(&t);
+	if (t.tm_yday == -1)
+		goto bad;
 
 	tvp[1] = tvp[0];
 	return;
 
 bad:
-	errx(1, "out of range or illegal time specification: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:SS[.frac][tz]");
+	errx(1, "out of range or illegal time specification: "
+	    "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:SS[.frac][tz]");
 }
 
 /* Calculate a time offset in seconds, given an arg of the format [-]HHMMSS. */