diff --git a/plugins/wordfilter/wordfilter.pl b/plugins/wordfilter/wordfilter.pl
index 8931c64..6a9f57d 100644
--- a/plugins/wordfilter/wordfilter.pl
+++ b/plugins/wordfilter/wordfilter.pl
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ sub dolog {
 }
 
 sub refresh_words {
-    ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime();
+    my @now = localtime();
+    my $year = $now[5];
+    my $mon = $now[4];
+    my $mday = $now[3];
     my $dayno = 0 + ($year + 1900) * 10000 + $mon * 100 + $mday;
     return unless ($dayno > $read_date);
     @words = ();