diff --git a/src/tests/test_irdya_date.cpp b/src/tests/test_irdya_date.cpp
index 1e3e4efaf45c..ee02f6876854 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_irdya_date.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/test_irdya_date.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_irdya_date_ordering) {
 	irdya_date BW_34(irdya_date::EPOCH::BEFORE_WESNOTH, 34), BW_12(irdya_date::EPOCH::BEFORE_WESNOTH, 12), YW_40(irdya_date::EPOCH::WESNOTH, 40), YW_52(irdya_date::EPOCH::WESNOTH, 52);
 	irdya_date BF_29(irdya_date::EPOCH::BEFORE_FALL, 29), BF_42(irdya_date::EPOCH::BEFORE_FALL, 42), AF_12(irdya_date::EPOCH::AFTER_FALL, 12), AF_102(irdya_date::EPOCH::AFTER_FALL, 102), Y0;
 
+	BOOST_CHECK(!(BW_12 < BW_34));
 	BOOST_CHECK(BW_34 < BW_12);
 	BOOST_CHECK(BW_34 < YW_40);
 	BOOST_CHECK(BW_34 < YW_52);
diff --git a/src/utils/irdya_datetime.cpp b/src/utils/irdya_datetime.cpp
index ad5716dee11c..414e10fb31b7 100644
--- a/src/utils/irdya_datetime.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/irdya_datetime.cpp
@@ -92,15 +92,11 @@ bool operator<(const irdya_date& a, const irdya_date& b)
 	using EPOCH = irdya_date::EPOCH;
 
 	// The BW and BF epochs count backward, much like BCE
-	if((a.get_epoch() == EPOCH::BEFORE_WESNOTH || a.get_epoch() == EPOCH::BEFORE_FALL) && a.get_year() > b.get_year()) {
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	if(a.get_year() < b.get_year()) {
-		return true;
+	if(a.get_epoch() == EPOCH::BEFORE_WESNOTH || a.get_epoch() == EPOCH::BEFORE_FALL) {
+		return (a.get_year() > b.get_year());
+	} else {
+		return (a.get_year() < b.get_year());
 	}
-
-	return false;
 }
 
 bool operator>(const irdya_date& a, const irdya_date& b)