Index: src/OFDate.m
==================================================================
--- src/OFDate.m
+++ src/OFDate.m
@@ -347,11 +347,12 @@
 
 		if (![element.name isEqual: self.className] ||
 		    ![element.namespace isEqual: OF_SERIALIZATION_NS])
 			@throw [OFInvalidArgumentException exception];
 
-		d.u = OF_BSWAP64_IF_LE((uint64_t)element.hexadecimalValue);
+		d.u = (uint64_t)element.hexadecimalValue;
+		d.u = OF_BSWAP64_IF_LE(d.u);
 		_seconds = OF_BSWAP_DOUBLE_IF_LE(d.d);
 
 		objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		[self release];