diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 019fb7f..2ccf44a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,21 +188,7 @@ ENDIF(LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 # version.rc for Windows
 IF(WIN32)
   # Date for filling in rc file information
-  IF (CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-    MACRO (GET_CURRENT_YEAR RESULT)
-        EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "cmd" " /C date /T" OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${RESULT})
-        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" ${RESULT} ${${RESULT}})
-        STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*(..)/(..)/(....).*" "\\3" ${RESULT} ${${RESULT}})
-    ENDMACRO (GET_CURRENT_YEAR)
-  ELSE(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-    MACRO (GET_CURRENT_YEAR RESULT)
-        EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "date" "+%Y" OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${RESULT})
-        STRING(REGEX REPLACE "\n" "" ${RESULT} ${${RESULT}})
-    ENDMACRO (GET_CURRENT_YEAR)
-  ENDIF(CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-  GET_CURRENT_YEAR(CURRENT_YEAR)
-  MESSAGE("Year for copyright is " ${CURRENT_YEAR})
-
+  STRING(TIMESTAMP CURRENT_YEAR %Y)
   SET(prefix ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
   SET(RC_COMMENT "${PACKAGE_NAME} library")
   SET(RC_INTERNAL_NAME "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${WIN32_MODE}")