diff --git a/src/LyX.cpp b/src/LyX.cpp
index a8849caf3c..e678e98932 100644
--- a/src/LyX.cpp
+++ b/src/LyX.cpp
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ int parse_version(string const &, string const &, string &)
 {
 	cout << "LyX " << lyx_version
 	       << " (" << lyx_release_date << ")" << endl;
-	cout << to_utf8(bformat(_("Built on %1$s, %2$s"),
+	cout << to_utf8(bformat(_("Built on %1$s[[date]], %2$s[[time]]"),
 		from_ascii(__DATE__), from_ascii(__TIME__))) << endl;
 
 	cout << lyx_version_info << endl;
diff --git a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
index acabad217b..8ceed8f5e3 100644
--- a/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/qt4/GuiAbout.cpp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static QString buildinfo()
 	QTextStream out(&res);
 	out << "LyX " << lyx_version
 		<< " (" << lyx_release_date << ")" << endl;
-	out << toqstr(bformat(_("Built on %1$s, %2$s"),
+	out << toqstr(bformat(_("Built on %1$s[[date]], %2$s[[time]]"),
 		from_ascii(__DATE__), from_ascii(__TIME__))) << endl;
 
 	out << lyx_version_info << endl;