diff --git a/test/bug.before.t b/test/bug.before.t
index 41ba47d3b..c070ea3eb 100755
--- a/test/bug.before.t
+++ b/test/bug.before.t
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
+use Date::Parse;
 use Test::More tests => 17;
 
 # Create the rc file.
@@ -43,11 +44,11 @@ if (open my $fh, '>', 'before.rc')
 # Create some exampel data directly.
 if (open my $fh, '>', 'pending.data')
 {
-  # 1229947200 = 12/22/2008
-  # 1240000000 = 4/17/2009
+  my $timeA = str2time("2008-12-22 12:00:00");
+  my $timeB = str2time("2009-04-17 12:00:00");
   print $fh <<EOF;
-[description:"foo" entry:"1229947200" start:"1229947200" status:"pending" uuid:"27097693-91c2-4cbe-ba89-ddcc87e5582c"]
-[description:"bar" entry:"1240000000" start:"1240000000" status:"pending" uuid:"08f72d91-964c-424b-8fd5-556434648b6b"]
+[description:"foo" entry:"$timeA" start:"$timeA" status:"pending" uuid:"27097693-91c2-4cbe-ba89-ddcc87e5582c"]
+[description:"bar" entry:"$timeB" start:"$timeB" status:"pending" uuid:"08f72d91-964c-424b-8fd5-556434648b6b"]
 EOF
 
   close $fh;