@@ -815,11 +815,11 @@
 		     (sqlite3:execute
 		      maindb
 		      "CREATE TRIGGER IF NOT EXISTS update_runs_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON runs
                              FOR EACH ROW
                                BEGIN 
-                                 UPDATE runs SET last_update=(strftime('%','now'))
+                                 UPDATE runs SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                    WHERE id=old.id;
                                END;")
 		     )
 		   (begin
 		     ;; NB// must sync first to ensure deleted tests get marked as such in megatest.db
@@ -939,11 +939,11 @@
                          last_update INTEGER DEFAULT (strftime('%s','now')),
 			 CONSTRAINT runsconstraint UNIQUE (runname" (if havekeys "," "") keystr "));"))
        (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TRIGGER update_runs_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON runs
                              FOR EACH ROW
                                BEGIN 
-                                 UPDATE runs SET last_update=(strftime('%','now'))
+                                 UPDATE runs SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                    WHERE id=old.id;
                                END;")
        (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_meta (
                                      id          INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
                                      testname    TEXT DEFAULT '',
@@ -1040,11 +1040,11 @@
                         CONSTRAINT testsconstraint UNIQUE (run_id, testname, item_path));")
      (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS tests_index ON tests (run_id, testname, item_path);")
      (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TRIGGER update_tests_trigger AFTER UPDATE ON tests
                              FOR EACH ROW
                                BEGIN 
-                                 UPDATE tests SET last_update=(strftime('%','now'))
+                                 UPDATE tests SET last_update=(strftime('%s','now'))
                                    WHERE id=old.id;
                                END;")
      (sqlite3:execute db "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_steps 
                               (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
                                test_id INTEGER,