diff --git a/create_tarball b/create_tarball
index 11bd9ee..4035d33 100755
--- a/create_tarball
+++ b/create_tarball
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if [ ! -e $TARBALL_DIR/$package.tar$TAR_SUFFIX ]; then
   echo "# TDE SCM module information" > .tdescminfo
   echo "Name: $MODULE" >> .tdescminfo
   echo "Revision: $branch-$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> .tdescminfo
-  git log -1 --pretty=format:"DateTime: %cd%n" --date=format:"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M" >> .tdescminfo
+  date +"DateTime: %m/%d/%Y %H:%M" -u -d "@$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%ct")" >> .tdescminfo
   trap "rm $TARBALL_DIR/tar-$$; rm .tdescminfo; exit 1" INT
   find ./ -print0 | LC_ALL=C sort -z | \
   tar c --no-recursion --null -T - \