diff --git a/reactos/include/reactos/version.cmake b/reactos/include/reactos/version.cmake
index b5cd9fc7abf..6de2642a279 100644
--- a/reactos/include/reactos/version.cmake
+++ b/reactos/include/reactos/version.cmake
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-macro(today RESULT)
-    if(CMAKE_HOST_WIN32)
-        execute_process(COMMAND wmic os get LocalDateTime OUTPUT_VARIABLE RAWDATE)
-        string(REPLACE "\n" ";" RAWDATE ${RAWDATE})
-        LIST(GET RAWDATE 1 RAWDATE)
-        string(SUBSTRING ${RAWDATE} 0 8 ${RESULT})
-    elseif(CMAKE_HOST_UNIX)
-        execute_process(COMMAND "date" "+%Y%m%d" OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${RESULT})
-        string(STRIP ${${RESULT}} ${RESULT})
-    else()
-        message(SEND_ERROR "date not implemented")
-        set(${RESULT} 00000000)
-    endif()
-endmacro()
-
 macro(inttohex INTVALUE OUTPUT_VARIABLE)
     list(APPEND HEXLIST 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f)
     list(GET HEXLIST ${INTVALUE} ${OUTPUT_VARIABLE})
@@ -29,7 +14,7 @@ macro(converttohex INTVALUE OUTPUT_VARIABLE)
     endwhile()
 endmacro()
 
-today(KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD)
+string(TIMESTAMP KERNEL_VERSION_BUILD %Y%m%d UTC)
 
 set(KERNEL_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
 set(KERNEL_VERSION_MINOR "4")