--- lib/Date/Format.pm
+++ lib/Date/Format.pm
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
    $tzname = sprintf("%+05d",$tzname)
 	unless($tzname =~ /\D/);
 
-   $epoch = timegm(@{$time}[0..5]);
+   $epoch = timegm( @$time[0], @$time[1], @$time[2], @$time[3], @$time[4], @$time[5] );
 
    @$me = gmtime($epoch + tz_offset($tzname) - tz_offset());
   }
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 sub format_M { sprintf("%02d",$_[0]->[1]) }
 sub format_q { sprintf("%01d",int($_[0]->[4] / 3) + 1) }
 sub format_s { 
-   $epoch = timegm(@{$_[0]}[0..5])
+   $epoch = timegm($_[0], $_[1], $_[2], $_[3], $_[4], $_[5] )
 	unless defined $epoch;
    sprintf("%d",$epoch) 
 }