3 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/meta/classes/image.bbclass b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
index a03b880402..772c3ed993 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image.bbclass
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ set_image_autologin () {
 # Can be use to create /etc/timestamp during image construction to give a reasonably 
 # sane default time setting
 rootfs_update_timestamp () {
-	date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M >${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/timestamp
+	date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M%2S >${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/timestamp
 }
 
 # Prevent X from being started
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
index 5211824ade..ccc7f9f1f4 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
@@ -66,10 +66,11 @@ fi
 test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh start
 if test -e /etc/timestamp
 then
-	SYSTEMDATE=`date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M`
+	SYSTEMDATE=`date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M%2S`
 	read TIMESTAMP < /etc/timestamp
 	if [ ${TIMESTAMP} -gt $SYSTEMDATE ]; then
-		date -u ${TIMESTAMP#????}${TIMESTAMP%????????}
+		# format the timestamp as date expects it (2m2d2H2M4Y.2S)
+		date -u ${TIMESTAMP:4:8}${TIMESTAMP:0:4}.${TIMESTAMP:(-2)}
 		test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
 	fi
 fi
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/save-rtc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/save-rtc.sh
index 1f804e2374..b038fc59d4 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/save-rtc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/save-rtc.sh
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@
 ### END INIT INFO
 
 # Update the timestamp
-date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M > /etc/timestamp
+date -u +%4Y%2m%2d%2H%2M%2S > /etc/timestamp