1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
index ccc7f9f1f4..df553bc079 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ then
         read TIMESTAMP < /etc/timestamp
         if [ ${TIMESTAMP} -gt $SYSTEMDATE ]; then
                 # format the timestamp as date expects it (2m2d2H2M4Y.2S)
-                date -u ${TIMESTAMP:4:8}${TIMESTAMP:0:4}.${TIMESTAMP:(-2)}
+                TS_YR=${TIMESTAMP%??????????}
+                TS_SEC=${TIMESTAMP#????????????}
+                TS_FIRST12=${TIMESTAMP%??}
+                TS_MIDDLE8=${TS_FIRST12#????}
+                date -u ${TS_MIDDLE8}${TS_YR}.${TS_SEC}
                 test -x /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh && /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
         fi
 fi