diff --git a/core/SystemStatus.h b/core/SystemStatus.h
index 399a6c49..0dbcf916 100644
--- a/core/SystemStatus.h
+++ b/core/SystemStatus.h
@@ -68,15 +68,15 @@ namespace loc_core
 class SystemStatusItemBase
 {
 public:
-    timespec mUtcTime;     // UTC timestamp when this info was last updated
-    timespec mUtcReported; // UTC timestamp when this info was reported
+    timespec  mUtcTime;
+    timespec  mUtcReported;
     static const uint32_t maxItem = 5;
 
     SystemStatusItemBase() {
-        struct timespec tv;
-        clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &tv);
+        timeval tv;
+        gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
         mUtcTime.tv_sec  = tv.tv_sec;
-        mUtcTime.tv_nsec = tv.tv_nsec;
+        mUtcTime.tv_nsec = tv.tv_usec*1000ULL;
         mUtcReported = mUtcTime;
     };
     virtual ~SystemStatusItemBase() {};