diff --git a/include/date/date.h b/include/date/date.h
index 7cb25c1..14ab796 100644
--- a/include/date/date.h
+++ b/include/date/date.h
@@ -6324,7 +6324,7 @@ from_stream(std::basic_istream<CharT, Traits>& is, const CharT* fmt,
         auto modified = CharT{};
         auto width = -1;
 
-        CONSTDATA int not_a_year = numeric_limits<int>::min();
+        CONSTDATA int not_a_year = numeric_limits<short>::min();
         CONSTDATA int not_a_2digit_year = 100;
         CONSTDATA int not_a_century = not_a_year / 100;
         CONSTDATA int not_a_month = 0;