diff --git a/eo/src/utils/ChangeLog b/eo/src/utils/ChangeLog
index d7de4dff..f3621bc7 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/eo/src/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2006-12-01  Jochen Küpper  <jochen@fhi-berlin.mpg.de>
 
+	* eoRNG.cpp: Use C++ style cast.
+
 	* Makefile.am: Add missing header for distribution.
 
 2006-11-30  Jochen Küpper  <jochen@fhi-berlin.mpg.de>
diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoRNG.cpp b/eo/src/utils/eoRNG.cpp
index 8989024d..26c01ea1 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoRNG.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoRNG.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 namespace eo
 {
     /// The Global random number generator.
-    eoRng rng( (uint32_t) time(0) );
+    eoRng rng(static_cast<uint32_t>(time(0)));
 }