diff --git a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-cell-renderer-popup-entry.c b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-cell-renderer-popup-entry.c
index 84e3852309..7e6ecbff93 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-cell-renderer-popup-entry.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome-utils/gnc-cell-renderer-popup-entry.c
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ gtk_cell_editable_key_press_event (GtkEntry      *entry,
 
     if (qof_scan_date (date_string, &day, &month, &year))
     {
+        gchar *datestr;
         when.tm_year = year - 1900;
         when.tm_mon = month - 1;
         when.tm_mday = day;
@@ -267,7 +268,10 @@ gtk_cell_editable_key_press_event (GtkEntry      *entry,
         if (!gnc_handle_date_accelerator (key_event, &when, date_string))
             return FALSE;
 
-        gtk_entry_set_text (entry, qof_print_date (gnc_mktime (&when)));
+        datestr = qof_print_date (gnc_mktime (&when));
+        gtk_entry_set_text (entry, datestr);
+        g_free (datestr);
+
         gtk_widget_grab_focus (GTK_WIDGET(entry));
         return TRUE;
     }
diff --git a/gnucash/gnome/window-reconcile.c b/gnucash/gnome/window-reconcile.c
index d7dc349f89..4177072281 100644
--- a/gnucash/gnome/window-reconcile.c
+++ b/gnucash/gnome/window-reconcile.c
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ recnRecalculateBalance (RecnWindow *recnData)
     gnc_numeric ending;
     gnc_numeric reconciled;
     gnc_numeric diff;
+    gchar *datestr;
     GNCPrintAmountInfo print_info;
     gboolean reverse_balance, include_children;
     GtkAction *action;
@@ -289,8 +290,9 @@ recnRecalculateBalance (RecnWindow *recnData)
 
     diff = gnc_numeric_sub_fixed (ending, reconciled);
 
-    gtk_label_set_text(GTK_LABEL(recnData->recn_date),
-                       qof_print_date(recnData->statement_date));
+    datestr = qof_print_date (recnData->statement_date);
+    gtk_label_set_text (GTK_LABEL(recnData->recn_date), datestr);
+    g_free (datestr);
 
     gnc_add_colorized_amount (recnData->starting, starting, print_info, FALSE);
     gnc_add_colorized_amount (recnData->ending, ending, print_info, reverse_balance);
@@ -1866,13 +1868,16 @@ recnWindowWithBalance (GtkWidget *parent, Account *account, gnc_numeric new_endi
         {
             Split* split = n->data;
             time64 recn_date = xaccSplitGetDateReconciled (split);
+            gchar *datestr, *recnstr;
             if ((xaccSplitGetReconcile (split) != YREC) ||
                 (recn_date <= statement_date))
                 continue;
 
-            PWARN ("split posting_date=%s, recn_date=%s",
-                   qof_print_date (xaccTransGetDate (xaccSplitGetParent (split))),
-                   qof_print_date (recn_date));
+            datestr = qof_print_date (xaccTransGetDate (xaccSplitGetParent (split)));
+            recnstr = qof_print_date (recn_date);
+            PWARN ("split posting_date=%s, recn_date=%s", datestr, recnstr);
+            g_free (datestr);
+            g_free (recnstr);
 
             gtk_statusbar_push (bar, context, _("WARNING! Account contains \
 splits whose reconcile date is after statement date. Reconciliation may be \
diff --git a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-transaction-sql.cpp b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-transaction-sql.cpp
index 47e4c615ca..f794f67022 100644
--- a/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-transaction-sql.cpp
+++ b/libgnucash/backend/sql/gnc-transaction-sql.cpp
@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ GncSqlTransBackend::commit (GncSqlBackend* sql_be, QofInstance* inst)
     {
         Split* split = xaccTransGetSplit (pTx, 0);
         Account* acc = xaccSplitGetAccount (split);
+        gchar *datestr = qof_print_date (xaccTransGetDate (pTx));
         /* FIXME: This needs to be implemented
         const char *message1 = "Transaction %s dated %s in account %s not saved due to %s.%s";
         const char *message2 = "\nDatabase may be corrupted, check your data carefully.";
@@ -668,10 +669,8 @@ GncSqlTransBackend::commit (GncSqlBackend* sql_be, QofInstance* inst)
                               message2 );
         */
         PERR ("Transaction %s dated %s in account %s not saved due to %s.\n",
-              xaccTransGetDescription (pTx),
-              qof_print_date (xaccTransGetDate (pTx)),
-              xaccAccountGetName (acc),
-              err);
+              xaccTransGetDescription (pTx), datestr, xaccAccountGetName (acc), err);
+        g_free (datestr);
     }
     return is_ok;
 }