diff --git a/src/@dseries/merge.m b/src/@dseries/merge.m
index 7b15de274f5d7d1faf216bfb3314a7e0a67fe524..95f92a503d9d053cd4ed7a9edb8569465983d64a 100644
--- a/src/@dseries/merge.m
+++ b/src/@dseries/merge.m
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ else
     end;
     Z = [Z2 Z1];
     A.data = Z(:,IBC);
-    A_init = B.init;
+    A_init = B.dates(1);
 end
 
 A.dates = A_init:A_init+(nobs(A)-1);
@@ -143,4 +143,4 @@ A.dates = A_init:A_init+(nobs(A)-1);
 %$    t(4) = dassert(ts3.data,[A, B],1e-15);
 %$ end
 %$ T = all(t);
-%@eof:2
\ No newline at end of file
+%@eof:2