diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index b36d0e7..4479983 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ check_include_file( "sys/time.h"   HAVE_SYS_TIME_H    )
 check_include_files( "sys/time.h;time.h" TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME )
 
 
+##### get the date and time of the package
+
+tde_read_src_metadata()
+tde_curdatetime( PACKAGE_DATETIME )
+
+
 ##### check for GnuTLS or OpenSSL( default )
 
 if( WITH_GNUTLS )
diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index 59360ae..f9532cf 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
    significant byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel). */
 #cmakedefine WORDS_BIGENDIAN @WORDS_BIGENDIAN@
 
+/* Date and time of the package */
+#cmakedefine PACKAGE_DATETIME "@PACKAGE_DATETIME@"
+
 /* OpenSSL support */
 #cmakedefine USE_OPENSSL 1
 
diff --git a/src/crashhandler.cpp b/src/crashhandler.cpp
index 3deb9a6..cd2bafc 100644
--- a/src/crashhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/crashhandler.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
  *                                                                         *
  ***************************************************************************/
 
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#endif
+
 #include <tqfile.h>
 #include <tqregexp.h>
 #include <tqtextstream.h>
@@ -90,10 +94,14 @@ namespace torK
 
             body += "======== DEBUG INFORMATION  =======\n"
                     "Version:    " TORK_VERSION "\n"
+#if defined( PACKAGE_DATETIME )
+                    "Date, time: " PACKAGE_DATETIME "\n"
+#else
                     "Build date: " __DATE__ "\n"
+#endif
                     "CC version: " __VERSION__ "\n" //assuming we're using GCC
-                    "KDElibs:    " TDE_VERSION_STRING "\n"
-                    "TQt:         %2\n"
+                    "TDElibs:    " TDE_VERSION_STRING "\n"
+                    "TQt:        %2\n"
                     "CPU count:  %6\n";
 
             TQString cpucount = "unknown";