diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php
index 30c087a6f..92fa316f4 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class FossilDriver extends VcsDriver
     public function getChangeDate($identifier)
     {
         $this->process->execute('fossil finfo -b -n 1 composer.json', $output, $this->checkoutDir);
-        list(,$date) = explode(' ', trim($output), 2);
+        list(,$date) = explode(' ', trim($output), 3);
 
         return new \DateTime($date, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
     }