diff --git a/include/wx/datetime.h b/include/wx/datetime.h
index 7eccaa1652..1f7074ee04 100644
--- a/include/wx/datetime.h
+++ b/include/wx/datetime.h
@@ -1087,8 +1087,13 @@ public:
     // another one to get the current time broken down
     static struct tm *GetTmNow()
     {
+#ifdef __WXWINCE__
+        static struct tm l_CurrentTime;
+        return GetTmNow(&l_CurrentTime);
+#else
         time_t t = GetTimeNow();
         return localtime(&t);
+#endif
     }
 
     // get current time using thread-safe function