diff --git a/ptouch.pl b/ptouch.pl
index eb7c6dd..291e13b 100755
--- a/ptouch.pl
+++ b/ptouch.pl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ if (defined $opts{n}) {
     die "Neither -n[ew] nor -e[dited] are defined!";
 }
 
-my $timestamp = localtime;
+my $timestamp = time;
 
 my $fname = shift @ARGV;
 tie my @fharr, 'Tie::File', $fname or die $!;