Use date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string.
Patch by Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3141191..f659413 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 PROG      := busybox
 VERSION   := 0.51
-BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date --utc "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")
+BUILDTIME := $(shell TZ=UTC date -u "+%Y.%m.%d-%H:%M%z")
 export VERSION
 
 # With a modern GNU make(1) (highly recommended, that's what all the
diff --git a/busybox.h b/busybox.h
index d4a5773..ebbe759 100644
--- a/busybox.h
+++ b/busybox.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#define BB_BANNER "BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ")"
+
 #ifdef DMALLOC
 #include "dmalloc.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/include/busybox.h b/include/busybox.h
index d4a5773..ebbe759 100644
--- a/include/busybox.h
+++ b/include/busybox.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 
+#define BB_BANNER "BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ")"
+
 #ifdef DMALLOC
 #include "dmalloc.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/klogd.c b/klogd.c
index 241a991..d7b54e9 100644
--- a/klogd.c
+++ b/klogd.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	/* "Open the log. Currently a NOP." */
 	klogctl(1, NULL, 0);
 
-	syslog_msg(LOG_DAEMON, 0, "klogd started: BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ")");
+	syslog_msg(LOG_DAEMON, 0, "klogd started: " BB_BANNER);
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* Use kernel syscalls */
diff --git a/messages.c b/messages.c
index 65f3875..57630a8 100644
--- a/messages.c
+++ b/messages.c
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@
 
 
 #if defined bb_need_full_version || ! defined BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
-	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(full_version,
-	 "BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ") multi-call binary")
+	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(full_version, BB_BANNER " multi-call binary")
 #endif
 #if defined bb_need_name_too_long || ! defined BB_DECLARE_EXTERN
 	BB_DEF_MESSAGE(name_too_long, "file name too long")
diff --git a/sysklogd/klogd.c b/sysklogd/klogd.c
index 241a991..d7b54e9 100644
--- a/sysklogd/klogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/klogd.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
 	/* "Open the log. Currently a NOP." */
 	klogctl(1, NULL, 0);
 
-	syslog_msg(LOG_DAEMON, 0, "klogd started: BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ")");
+	syslog_msg(LOG_DAEMON, 0, "klogd started: " BB_BANNER);
 
 	while (1) {
 		/* Use kernel syscalls */
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 6aec78b..9f5fc93 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
         }
         #endif
 
-	logMessage (0, "syslogd started: BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ")");
+	logMessage (0, "syslogd started: " BB_BANNER);
 
 	for (;;) {
 
diff --git a/syslogd.c b/syslogd.c
index 6aec78b..9f5fc93 100644
--- a/syslogd.c
+++ b/syslogd.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@
         }
         #endif
 
-	logMessage (0, "syslogd started: BusyBox v" BB_VER " (" BB_BT ")");
+	logMessage (0, "syslogd started: " BB_BANNER);
 
 	for (;;) {