diff --git a/src/prelude/time.ts b/src/prelude/time.ts
index a65366d74a..34e8b6b17c 100644
--- a/src/prelude/time.ts
+++ b/src/prelude/time.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,17 @@ const dateTimeIntervals = {
 };
 
 export function dateUTC(time: number[]): Date {
-	return new Date(Date.UTC(...time));
+	const d = time.length === 2 ? Date.UTC(time[0], time[1])
+					: time.length === 3 ? Date.UTC(time[0], time[1], time[2])
+					: time.length === 4 ? Date.UTC(time[0], time[1], time[2], time[3])
+					: time.length === 5 ? Date.UTC(time[0], time[1], time[2], time[3], time[4])
+					: time.length === 6 ? Date.UTC(time[0], time[1], time[2], time[3], time[4], time[5])
+					: time.length === 7 ? Date.UTC(time[0], time[1], time[2], time[3], time[4], time[5], time[6])
+					: null;
+
+	if (!d) throw 'wrong number of arguments';
+
+	return new Date(d);
 }
 
 export function isTimeSame(a: Date, b: Date): boolean {