diff --git a/src/lib/common/file.c b/src/lib/common/file.c
index ae851ae..872c363 100644
--- a/src/lib/common/file.c
+++ b/src/lib/common/file.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ do_write(struct empfile *ep, void *buf, int id, int count)
 	return -1;

     if (ep->flags & EFF_TYPED) {
-	now = ep->flags & EFF_NOTIME ? (time_t)-1 : time(NULL);
+	now = ep->flags & EFF_NOTIME ? (time_t)-1 : (time_t)100;
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 	    /*
 	     * TODO Oopses here could be due to bad data corruption.