diff --git a/libretroshare/src/dht/p3bitdht_peernet.cc b/libretroshare/src/dht/p3bitdht_peernet.cc
index e4c266279..3d13a591b 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/dht/p3bitdht_peernet.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/dht/p3bitdht_peernet.cc
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ int p3BitDht::tick()
 	minuteTick();
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_PEERNET_COMMON
-	rstime_t now = time(NULL);
+	time_t now = time(NULL);  // Don't use rstime_t here or ctime break on windows
 	std::cerr << "p3BitDht::tick() TIME: " << ctime(&now) << std::endl;
 	std::cerr.flush();
 #endif
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/upnp/upnputil.c b/libretroshare/src/upnp/upnputil.c
index f71cde6c6..8e9177451 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/upnp/upnputil.c
+++ b/libretroshare/src/upnp/upnputil.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void DisplayInfos(struct UPNPUrls * urls,
 	char lastconnerr[64];
 	unsigned int uptime;
 	unsigned int brUp, brDown;
-	rstime_t timenow, timestarted;
+	time_t timenow, timestarted;  // Don't use rstime_t here or ctime break on windows
 	int r;
 #if MINIUPNPC_API_VERSION >= -2//1.4 2010/12/09
 	const char * servicetype = data->first.servicetype;
diff --git a/libretroshare/src/util/rsdebug.cc b/libretroshare/src/util/rsdebug.cc
index 76c8a0279..4c126b656 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/util/rsdebug.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/util/rsdebug.cc
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ void rslog(const RsLog::logLvl lvl, RsLog::logInfo *info, const std::string &msg
 
 	{
 		RS_STACK_MUTEX(logMtx);
-		rstime_t t = time(NULL);
+		time_t t = time(NULL); // Don't use rstime_t here or ctime break on windows
 
 		if (debugMode == RS_DEBUG_LOGCRASH)
 		{