diff --git a/classes/config.php b/classes/config.php
index 11d2a1bb79f40097e2d5902471e383f823120102..4c8d79ac8977432606fd8813351151d06aefc91d 100644
--- a/classes/config.php
+++ b/classes/config.php
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ class Config {
 
 			if ($check == "version") {
 
-				$rv["version"] = date("Y.m", (int)$timestamp) . "-$commit";
+				$rv["version"] = date("%y.%m", (int)$timestamp) . "-$commit";
 				$rv["commit"] = $commit;
 				$rv["timestamp"] = $timestamp;
 
diff --git a/classes/debug.php b/classes/debug.php
index fbdf260e09092c6e15b2a307706e6d165be09c7f..1b9d499e52af4eed26ff9b5222872062ea2538a0 100644
--- a/classes/debug.php
+++ b/classes/debug.php
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class Debug {
 
         if (!self::$enabled || self::$loglevel < $level) return false;
 
-        $ts = date("H:i:s", time());
+        $ts = date("%H:%M:%S", time());
         if (function_exists('posix_getpid')) {
             $ts = "$ts/" . posix_getpid();
         }
diff --git a/classes/rssutils.php b/classes/rssutils.php
index bcf049a9bea2a8fae8159719dbf7cc7375a169ec..b886a060cea11d9a8157308b77ce6e0d896eae50 100755
--- a/classes/rssutils.php
+++ b/classes/rssutils.php
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ class RSSUtils {
 					$entry_timestamp = time();
 				}
 
-				$entry_timestamp_fmt = date("Y/m/d H:i:s", $entry_timestamp);
+				$entry_timestamp_fmt = strftime("%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S", $entry_timestamp);
 
 				Debug::log("date: $entry_timestamp ($entry_timestamp_fmt)", Debug::LOG_VERBOSE);
 				Debug::log("num_comments: $num_comments", Debug::LOG_VERBOSE);