From: Rafael J. Wysocki The way in which read_magic_time() displays the date read from the RTC is apparently confusing to the users (cf. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=250238).  Make it print dates in the standard way. Signed-off-by: Rafael J. Wysocki --- drivers/base/power/trace.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) Index: linux-2.6.23-rc8/drivers/base/power/trace.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.23-rc8.orig/drivers/base/power/trace.c +++ linux-2.6.23-rc8/drivers/base/power/trace.c @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static unsigned int read_magic_time(void get_rtc_time(&time); printk("Time: %2d:%02d:%02d Date: %02d/%02d/%02d\n", time.tm_hour, time.tm_min, time.tm_sec, - time.tm_mon, time.tm_mday, time.tm_year); + time.tm_mon + 1, time.tm_mday, time.tm_year % 100); val = time.tm_year; /* 100 years */ if (val > 100) val -= 100;