diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index 22d42bb0..4e1f67be 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ dnl **
 dnl ** IRSSI_VERSION_DATE and IRSSI_VERSION_TIME
 dnl **
 VERSION_DATE=`head -n 2 $srcdir/ChangeLog| tail -n 1 | awk '{print $5}' | tr -d '-'`
-VERSION_TIME=`head -n 2 $srcdir/ChangeLog| tail -n 1 | awk '{print $6}' | awk -F: '{printf "%d\n" $1$2}'`
+VERSION_TIME=`head -n 2 $srcdir/ChangeLog| tail -n 1 | awk '{print $6}' | awk -F: '{printf "%d\n", $1$2}'`
 AC_SUBST(VERSION_DATE)
 AC_SUBST(VERSION_TIME)