diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index cc94f547..95c14487 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Code contributions also came from:
 Chris GauthierDickey <chrisg@cs.du.edu>
 Elliot Glaysher
 Daniel Pittman <depittman@gmail.com>
+John Popplewell <john@johnnypops.demon.co.uk>
 Nils Durner <durner@gnunet.org>
 Heikki Lindholm <holindho@cs.helsinki.fi>
 Alex Sadovsky <alexeysad@gmail.com>
diff --git a/src/daemon/connection.c b/src/daemon/connection.c
index 67be4e91..5f6de640 100644
--- a/src/daemon/connection.c
+++ b/src/daemon/connection.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ get_date_string (char *date, unsigned int max)
             days[now.tm_wday % 7],
             now.tm_mday,
             mons[now.tm_mon % 12],
-            now.tm_year, now.tm_hour, now.tm_min, now.tm_sec);
+            1900 + now.tm_year, now.tm_hour, now.tm_min, now.tm_sec);
 }
 
 /**