diff --git a/config/functions b/config/functions
index dad3e96545..ea4ebc1e1d 100644
--- a/config/functions
+++ b/config/functions
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ add_group() {
 
 get_version() {
 
-  BUILD_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d`
+  BUILD_DATE=`date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S`
 
   if [ "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = devel -o "$OPENELEC_VERSION" = debug ]; then
     GIT_BUILD=`git log --pretty=format:'' | wc -l`