Use date -u instead of date --utc and consolidate version string.
Patch by Larry Doolittle <ldoolitt@recycle.lbl.gov>.
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 (;;) {