diff --git a/kdoctools/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/kdoctools/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 432811825..c98843e23 100644
--- a/kdoctools/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/kdoctools/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -38,23 +38,31 @@ if( NOT TDE_RELEASE_ENTITIES )
     if( TDE_SCM_MODULE_DATETIME )
       set( TDE_RELEASE_DATE "${TDE_SCM_MODULE_DATETIME}" )
     else( )
+      if( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "BSD" )
+        set( GNU_FIND_EXECUTABLE "gfind" )
+      else( )
+        set( GNU_FIND_EXECUTABLE "find" )
+      endif( )
       execute_process(
-        COMMAND find ${TDEVERSION_FILE} -printf "%Tm/%Te/%TY"
+        COMMAND ${GNU_FIND_EXECUTABLE} ${TDEVERSION_FILE} -printf "%Tm/%Te/%TY"
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE TDE_RELEASE_DATE
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
       )
     endif( )
   endif( )
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND date +2010-%Y -d "${TDE_RELEASE_DATE}"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE TDE_RELEASE_COPYRIGHT
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-  )
-  execute_process(
-    COMMAND date +%B\ %e,\ %Y -d "${TDE_RELEASE_DATE}"
-    OUTPUT_VARIABLE TDE_RELEASE_DATE
-    OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
-  )
+
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)*/([0-9]+).*" "2010-\\3"
+          TDE_RELEASE_COPYRIGHT "${TDE_RELEASE_DATE}" )
+
+  string( REGEX REPLACE "^([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)*/([0-9]+).*" "\\1"
+          _release_month_num "${TDE_RELEASE_DATE}" )
+  math( EXPR _release_month_index "${_release_month_num}-1" )
+  set( _month_names "January;February;March;April;May;June;July;August;September;October;November;December" )
+  list( GET _month_names ${_release_month_index} _release_month_name )
+  string( REGEX REPLACE
+          "^([0-9]+)/([0-9]+)*/([0-9]+).*"
+          "${_release_month_name} \\2, \\3"
+          TDE_RELEASE_DATE  "${TDE_RELEASE_DATE}" )
 
   # update entities
   message( STATUS "Updating ${ENTITIES_FILE}