diff -u -Nur --exclude CVS cvs-1.11.1p1.orig/src/server.c cvs-1.11.1p1/src/server.c
--- cvs-1.11.1p1.orig/src/server.c	2004-05-17 20:30:19.000000000 +0200
+++ cvs-1.11.1p1/src/server.c	2004-05-17 20:32:20.000000000 +0200
@@ -1650,7 +1650,7 @@
 	    && strncmp (arg, name, cp - name) == 0)
 	{
 	    timefield = strchr (cp + 1, '/') + 1;
-	    if (*timefield != '=')
+	    if (*timefield == '/')
 	    {
 		cp = timefield + strlen (timefield);
 		cp[1] = '\0';
@@ -1659,8 +1659,8 @@
 		    *cp = cp[-1];
 		    --cp;
 		}
-		*timefield = '=';
 	    }
+	    *timefield = '=';
 	    break;
 	}
     }
@@ -1694,7 +1694,7 @@
 	    && strncmp (arg, name, cp - name) == 0)
 	{
 	    timefield = strchr (cp + 1, '/') + 1;
-	    if (!(timefield[0] == 'M' && timefield[1] == '/'))
+	    if (*timefield == '/')
 	    {
 		cp = timefield + strlen (timefield);
 		cp[1] = '\0';
@@ -1703,8 +1703,8 @@
 		    *cp = cp[-1];
 		    --cp;
 		}
-		*timefield = 'M';
 	    }
+	    *timefield = 'M';
 	    if (kopt != NULL)
 	    {
 		if (alloc_pending (strlen (name) + 80))