diff --git a/examples/plugins/engine/ExampleWritePlugin.cpp b/examples/plugins/engine/ExampleWritePlugin.cpp
index c1640cfb08..6a54485880 100644
--- a/examples/plugins/engine/ExampleWritePlugin.cpp
+++ b/examples/plugins/engine/ExampleWritePlugin.cpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ std::string now()
 #ifdef _WIN32
     time_t rawTime;
     std::time(&rawTime);
-    timeInfo = std::localtime(&rawTime);
+    timeInfo = std::localtime_s(&rawTime);
 #else
     timeval curTime;
     gettimeofday(&curTime, nullptr);