Index: coreutils/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
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--- coreutils.orig/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
+++ coreutils/src/uu/date/src/date.rs
@@ -443,10 +443,9 @@ fn set_system_datetime(_date: DateTime<U
 /// `<https://linux.die.net/man/3/clock_settime>`
 /// `<https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/manual/html_node/Time-Types.html>`
 fn set_system_datetime(date: DateTime<Utc>) -> UResult<()> {
-    let timespec = timespec {
-        tv_sec: date.timestamp() as _,
-        tv_nsec: date.timestamp_subsec_nanos() as _,
-    };
+    let mut timespec: timespec = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
+    timespec.tv_sec = date.timestamp() as _;
+    timespec.tv_nsec = date.timestamp_subsec_nanos() as _;
 
     let result = unsafe { clock_settime(CLOCK_REALTIME, &timespec) };