diff --git a/bin/date/vary.c b/bin/date/vary.c
index 43697531a626..97556fd52e50 100644
--- a/bin/date/vary.c
+++ b/bin/date/vary.c
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ struct trans {
 
 static struct trans trans_mon[] = {
   { 1, "january" }, { 2, "february" }, { 3, "march" }, { 4, "april" },
-  { 6, "june" }, { 7, "july" }, { 8, "august" }, { 9, "september" },
-  { 10, "october" }, { 11, "november" }, { 12, "december" },
+  { 5, "may"}, { 6, "june" }, { 7, "july" }, { 8, "august" },
+  { 9, "september" }, { 10, "october" }, { 11, "november" }, { 12, "december" },
   { -1, NULL }
 };