diff --git a/src/engine/Transaction.c b/src/engine/Transaction.c
index 940859c258..d38f4d70fa 100644
--- a/src/engine/Transaction.c
+++ b/src/engine/Transaction.c
@@ -1791,8 +1791,9 @@ xaccTransSetDateInternal(Transaction *trans, Timespec *dadate, Timespec val)
     {
         time64 secs = (time64) val.tv_sec;
         gchar *tstr = gnc_ctime (&secs);
-        PINFO ("addr=%p set date to %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT ".%09ld %s",
+        PINFO ("addr=%p set date to %" G_GUINT64_FORMAT ".%09ld %s\n",
                trans, val.tv_sec, val.tv_nsec, tstr ? tstr : "(null)");
+        g_free(tstr);
     }
 
     *dadate = val;
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
index ecc951cb96..be70c68b89 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/gnc-date.c
@@ -438,7 +438,7 @@ gchar*
 gnc_ctime (const time64 *secs)
 {
      GDateTime *gdt = gnc_g_date_time_new_from_unix_local (*secs);
-     gchar *string = g_date_time_format (gdt, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y\n");
+     gchar *string = g_date_time_format (gdt, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y");
      g_date_time_unref (gdt);
      return string;
 }
diff --git a/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c b/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
index 5d24cb1309..0bac35d318 100644
--- a/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
+++ b/src/libqof/qof/test/test-gnc-date.c
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ test_gnc_ctime (void)
 	GDateTime *gdt = gncdt.new_from_unix_local (secs[ind]);
 	gchar* datestr = gnc_ctime (&secs[ind]);
         g_assert_cmpstr (datestr, ==,
-	                 g_date_time_format (gdt, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y\n"));
+                     g_date_time_format (gdt, "%a %b %e %H:%M:%S %Y"));
 	g_date_time_unref (gdt);
 	g_free (datestr);
     }