diff --git a/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml b/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
index f8b7fd4d8a..aa7aeed5b3 100644
--- a/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
+++ b/reference/datetime/functions/date.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
-<!-- $Revision: 1.30 $ -->
+<!-- $Revision: 1.31 $ -->
 <refentry id="function.date">
  <refnamediv>
   <refname>date</refname>
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@
           </row>
           <row>
            <entry><literal>I</literal> (capital i)</entry>
-           <entry>Whether or not the date is in daylight savings time</entry>
-           <entry><literal>1</literal> if Daylight Savings Time, <literal>0</literal> otherwise.</entry>
+           <entry>Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time</entry>
+           <entry><literal>1</literal> if Daylight Saving Time, <literal>0</literal> otherwise.</entry>
           </row>
           <row>
            <entry><literal>O</literal></entry>
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ $nextyear  = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"),   date("d"),   date("Y")+1);
    <note>
     <para>
      This can be more reliable than simply adding or subtracting the number
-     of seconds in a day or month to a timestamp because of daylight savings
+     of seconds in a day or month to a timestamp because of daylight saving
      time.
     </para>
    </note>