diff --git a/libc/src/time/strftime.cpp b/libc/src/time/strftime.cpp
index f36091bc9736e..89b7d9bb7c1b9 100644
--- a/libc/src/time/strftime.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/time/strftime.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(size_t, strftime,
   int ret = strftime_core::strftime_main(&writer, format, timeptr);
   if (buffsz > 0) // if the buffsz is 0 the buffer may be a null pointer.
     wb.buff[wb.buff_cur] = '\0';
-  return (ret < 0 || static_cast<size_t>(ret) > buffsz) ? 0 : ret;
+  return (ret < 0 || static_cast<size_t>(ret) >= buffsz) ? 0 : ret;
 }
 
 } // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
diff --git a/libc/src/time/strftime_l.cpp b/libc/src/time/strftime_l.cpp
index 201b85da39ee2..409f8683b7289 100644
--- a/libc/src/time/strftime_l.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/time/strftime_l.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(size_t, strftime_l,
   int ret = strftime_core::strftime_main(&writer, format, timeptr);
   if (buffsz > 0) // if the buffsz is 0 the buffer may be a null pointer.
     wb.buff[wb.buff_cur] = '\0';
-  return (ret < 0 || static_cast<size_t>(ret) > buffsz) ? 0 : ret;
+  return (ret < 0 || static_cast<size_t>(ret) >= buffsz) ? 0 : ret;
 }
 
 } // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
diff --git a/libc/test/src/time/strftime_test.cpp b/libc/test/src/time/strftime_test.cpp
index cac7560b2b945..38176f77804d5 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/time/strftime_test.cpp
+++ b/libc/test/src/time/strftime_test.cpp
@@ -2326,3 +2326,23 @@ TEST(LlvmLibcStrftimeTest, TimeFormatFullDateTime) {
 //    size_t written = 0;
 //    SimplePaddedNum spn;
 //  }
+
+TEST(LlvmLibcStrftimeTest, BufferTooSmall) {
+  struct tm time;
+  char buffer[1];
+
+  time.tm_year = get_adjusted_year(2025);
+  time.tm_mon = 10;
+  time.tm_mday = 24;
+
+  size_t written =
+      LIBC_NAMESPACE::strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%F", &time);
+  EXPECT_EQ(written, size_t{0});
+
+  char buffer2[10];
+
+  // The string "2025-11-24" is 10 chars,
+  // so strftime needs 10 + 1 bytes to write the string and the null terminator.
+  written = LIBC_NAMESPACE::strftime(buffer, sizeof(buffer2), "%F", &time);
+  EXPECT_EQ(written, size_t{0});
+}