1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl b/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl
index 0a13cc0e..ed859ab3 100755
--- a/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl
+++ b/plugins-scripts/check_uptime.pl
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ $msg .= "uptime is $uptime_seconds seconds. ";
 $msg .= "Exceeds $out_of_bounds_text threshold. "  if  $out_of_bounds_text;
 $msg .= "Running for $pretty_uptime. "  if  $opt_f;
 if ( $opt_s ) {
-        chomp( my $up_since = `uptime -s` );
+        my $up_since = strftime( "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", localtime( time - $uptime_seconds ) );
         $msg .= "Running since $up_since. ";
 }