1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/date.c b/src/date.c
index 0f2012761..bc4cc0ce9 100644
--- a/src/date.c
+++ b/src/date.c
@@ -368,7 +368,9 @@ batch_convert (char const *input_filename, char const *format,
       ssize_t line_length = getline (&line, &buflen, in_stream);
       if (line_length < 0)
         {
-          /* FIXME: detect/handle error here.  */
+          if (ferror (in_stream))
+            die (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("%s: read error"),
+                 quotef (input_filename));
           break;
         }