diff --git a/libavformat/mxfdec.c b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
index 27f996fa82..d6e2155887 100644
--- a/libavformat/mxfdec.c
+++ b/libavformat/mxfdec.c
@@ -1669,6 +1669,15 @@ static int mxf_timestamp_to_str(uint64_t timestamp, char **str)
     time.tm_min  = (timestamp >> 16 & 0xFF);
     time.tm_sec  = (timestamp >> 8  & 0xFF);
 
+    /* msvcrt versions of strftime calls the invalid parameter handler
+     * (aborting the process if one isn't set) if the parameters are out
+     * of range. */
+    time.tm_mon  = av_clip(time.tm_mon,  0, 11);
+    time.tm_mday = av_clip(time.tm_mday, 1, 31);
+    time.tm_hour = av_clip(time.tm_hour, 0, 23);
+    time.tm_min  = av_clip(time.tm_min,  0, 59);
+    time.tm_sec  = av_clip(time.tm_sec,  0, 59);
+
     *str = av_mallocz(32);
     if (!*str)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);