diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 355188c4d..adcacf0ee 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ Brant Langer Gurganus
 Brian Deitte
 Brian Felder
 Bruce Atherton
+Cedomir Igaly
 Charles Hudak
 Charlie Hubbard
 Chris Povirk
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 629d42eb8..6372c2dfa 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ Changes that could break older environments:
 
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
+* Bug in org.apache.tools.ant.types.resources.comparators.Date
+  Bugzilla report 41411
 
 * <junit> in Ant 1.7.0 could throw NPE if no <classpath> was defined.
   Bugzilla report 41422.
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/comparators/Date.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/comparators/Date.java
index 7638a181c..b6be66bb6 100755
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/comparators/Date.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/types/resources/comparators/Date.java
@@ -32,7 +32,14 @@ public class Date extends ResourceComparator {
      *         argument is less than, equal to, or greater than the second.
      */
     protected int resourceCompare(Resource foo, Resource bar) {
-        return (int) (foo.getLastModified() - bar.getLastModified());
+        long diff = foo.getLastModified() - bar.getLastModified();
+        if (diff > 0) {
+            return +1;
+        } else if (diff < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        } else {
+            return 0;
+        }
     }
 
 }