diff --git a/src/kits/tracker/StatusWindow.cpp b/src/kits/tracker/StatusWindow.cpp
index 3fdf4f5157..420549981a 100644
--- a/src/kits/tracker/StatusWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/kits/tracker/StatusWindow.cpp
@@ -794,26 +794,31 @@ BStatusView::_TimeStatusString(float availableSpace, float* _width)
 	double secondsRemaining = (fTotalSize - fSizeProcessed)
 		/ totalBytesPerSecond;
 	time_t now = (time_t)real_time_clock();
-	time_t finishTime = (time_t)(now + secondsRemaining);
 
-	char timeText[32];
-	if (finishTime - now > kSecondsPerDay) {
-		BDateTimeFormat().Format(timeText, sizeof(timeText), finishTime,
-			B_MEDIUM_DATE_FORMAT, B_MEDIUM_TIME_FORMAT);
+	BString string;
+	if (secondsRemaining < 0 || (sizeof(time_t) == 4
+		&& now + secondsRemaining > INT32_MAX)) {
+		string = B_TRANSLATE("Finish: after several years");
 	} else {
-		BTimeFormat().Format(timeText, sizeof(timeText), finishTime,
-			B_MEDIUM_TIME_FORMAT);
-	}
+		char timeText[32];
+		time_t finishTime = (time_t)(now + secondsRemaining);
 
-	BString string(_FullTimeRemainingString(now, finishTime, timeText));
-	float width = StringWidth(string.String());
-	if (width > availableSpace) {
-		string.SetTo(_ShortTimeRemainingString(timeText));
-		width = StringWidth(string.String());
+		if (finishTime - now > kSecondsPerDay) {
+			BDateTimeFormat().Format(timeText, sizeof(timeText), finishTime,
+					B_MEDIUM_DATE_FORMAT, B_MEDIUM_TIME_FORMAT);
+		} else {
+			BTimeFormat().Format(timeText, sizeof(timeText), finishTime,
+					B_MEDIUM_TIME_FORMAT);
+		}
+		string = _FullTimeRemainingString(now, finishTime, timeText);
+		float width = StringWidth(string.String());
+		if (width > availableSpace) {
+			string.SetTo(_ShortTimeRemainingString(timeText));
+		}
 	}
 
 	if (_width != NULL)
-		*_width = width;
+		*_width = StringWidth(string.String());
 
 	return string;
 }