diff --git a/releng/makerel.sh b/releng/makerel.sh
index 09b1f902f3..75d1f8c17f 100755
--- a/releng/makerel.sh
+++ b/releng/makerel.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 export OPENSIMMAJOR=0
 export OPENSIMMINOR=1
+export BUILD=`date +%s`
 export BRANCH=DEVEL
 export SVNURL=svn://openmetaverse.org/opensim/trunk
 
@@ -17,8 +18,8 @@ export SVNURL=svn://openmetaverse.org/opensim/trunk
 ./createreldir.sh
 rm -rf build
 
-tar cvf opensim-$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR-`date +%s`-$BRANCH.tar opensim-$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR/*
-gzip opensim-$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR-`date +%s`-$BRANCH.tar
+tar cvf opensim-$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR-$BUILD-$BRANCH.tar opensim-$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR/*
+gzip opensim-$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR-$BUILD-$BRANCH.tar
 
 echo "Produced binary tarball ready for distribution."
 
diff --git a/releng/parsetmpl.sh b/releng/parsetmpl.sh
index 8e4eac2328..0ce6d24385 100755
--- a/releng/parsetmpl.sh
+++ b/releng/parsetmpl.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 # this script parses a template to replace @@ tokens
 
-cat $1 | sed s/@@VERSION/$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR/g | sed s/@@BUILD/`date +%s`/g | sed s/@@SVNREV/`svnversion`/g
+cat $1 | sed s/@@VERSION/$OPENSIMMAJOR.$OPENSIMMINOR/g | sed s/@@BUILD/$BUILD/g | sed s/@@SVNREV/`svnversion`/g