1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
index 03fd67c67e..ab18ad9b4c 100755
--- a/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/initscripts/initscripts-1.0/bootmisc.sh
@@ -62,15 +62,14 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Set the system clock from hardware clock
-# If the timestamp is 1 day or more recent than the current time,
+# If the timestamp is more recent than the current time,
 # use the timestamp instead.
 /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh start
 if test -e /etc/timestamp
 then
-        SYSTEMDATE=`date  -u +%2m%2d%2H%2M%4Y`
+        SYSTEMDATE=`date -u +%4Y%2m%2d`
         read TIMESTAMP < /etc/timestamp
-        NEEDUPDATE=`expr \( $TIMESTAMP \> $SYSTEMDATE + 10000 \)`
-        if [ $NEEDUPDATE -eq 1 ]; then 
+        if [ ${TIMESTAMP#????????}${TIMESTAMP%????????} -gt $SYSTEMDATE ]; then
                 date -u $TIMESTAMP
                 /etc/init.d/hwclock.sh stop
         fi