diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt
index 9ae658eecb..958afae8a6 100644
--- a/docs/manual/manual.txt
+++ b/docs/manual/manual.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ The Buildroot user manual
 Buildroot usage and documentation by Thomas Petazzoni. Contributions
 from Karsten Kruse, Ned Ludd, Martin Herren and others.
 
-Buildroot {sys:echo $\{BR2_VERSION%%-git*\}} manual generated on {docdate}
-{doctime} from git revision {sys:git rev-parse --short HEAD}
+Buildroot {sys:echo $\{BR2_VERSION%%-git*\}} manual generated on {localdate}
+{localtime} from git revision {sys:git rev-parse --short HEAD}
 
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